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WTO BISD  
2021 
 
 
BASIC INSTRUMENTS AND SELECTED DOCUMENTS  
OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION  
 
2021 
 
Compilation by the WTO Secretariat  
  WT/BISD/2021  
 
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  TABLE OF CONTENTS  
WTO – BISD 202 1 
PREFACE  ................................ ................................ ................................ ..........................  3 
WTO MEMBERS AND OBSERVERS  ................................ ................................ .....................  4 
CHAIRPERSONS OF WTO BODIES  ................................ ................................ .....................  6 
DECISIONS AND REPORTS  ................................ ................................ ...............................  8 
GENERAL COUNCIL  ................................ ................................ ................................ ....... 8 
AMENDMENT OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT − EIGHTH EXTENSION OF THE PERIOD FOR THE 
ACCEPTANCE BY MEMBERS OF THE PROTOCOL AMENDING THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  − 
DECISION OF 22 NOVEMBER 2021  ................................ ................................ .........  8 
PROCEDURE FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF HARMONIZED SYSTEM 2022 CHANGES  TO 
SCHEDULES OF CONCESSIONS USING THE CONSOLIDATED TARIFF SCHEDULES (CTS) 
DATABASE  − DECISION  ................................ ................................ ........................  9 
COUNCIL FOR TRADE -RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS  ...................  17 
EXTENSION OF THE TRANSITION PERIOD UNDER ARTICLE 66.1 FOR LEAST DEVELOPED 
COUNTRY MEMBERS − DECISION OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRIPS OF 29 JUNE 2021  .........  17 
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY  ................................ ................................ .........................  18 
APPENDIX I OF THE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT UNDERSTANDING  ................................ ..... 18 
END OF THE UK -EU TRANSITION PERIOD  ................................ ................................ ........  19 
COMMUNICATION BY THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE UNITED KINGDOM  ....................  19 
COMMUNICATION FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM  ................................ ........................  20 
ACCESSIONS  ................................ ................................ ................................ ..............  24 
ACCESSION OF TURKMENISTAN  ................................ ................................ ..............  24 
NON-APPLICATION OF MULTILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS  
BETWEEN PARTICULAR MEMBERS  ................................ ................................ ..............  25 
WAIVERS  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...................  26 
WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT REPORTS, AND ARBITRATION AWARDS AND DECISIONS  ...........  27 
OTHER DECISIONS, REPORTS AND SELECTED DOCUMENTS NOT REPRODUCED  .............  28 
  WT/BISD/2021  
 
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  PREFACE  
 
 
Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (BISD) is an annual publication compiling basic 
information on the World Trade Organization (WTO) and key WTO documents from a given calendar 
year. 
 
The initial sections list WTO Members and observers and the Chairpersons of WTO  bodies appointed 
in the year in question. The middle sections reproduce key WTO legal instruments, decisions and 
reports issued by WTO bodies in the relev ant calendar year. The final sections list other 
WTO decisions, reports and selected WTO documents for the year in question, by title and document 
symbol, without reproducing the text.  
 
Hyperlinks in the electronic version allow readers direct access to re levant WTO documents. Footnote 
numbering in reproduced documents follow the numbering in the original documents. Editorial notes 
are marked with a ¶.  
 
The present BISD follows a long -established practice in the context of the General Agreement on 
Tariffs a nd Trade (GATT) and the WTO. A total of 47 volumes1 of GATT  BISDs were published 
between 1952 and 1998, compiling key GATT -related information and documents on a mostly annua l 
basis during the 1947 -1995 period. Following this practice , the WTO Secretariat published  an initial  
12 volumes of WTO  BISDs , covering the first 11 years (1995 -2006) of the W TO. After a decade, the 
WTO BISD was continued with the 2017 edition , and it has been published for each calendar year 
since then .2 
 
BISDs serve a purely informative purpose. The editorial choices have no implications as to the legal 
status of specific documents, and the texts reproduced have no official status in the form in which 
they are published here. This BISD has been prepared by the WTO Secretariat under its own 
responsibility, and it is without prejudice to the positions of Members or t o their rights and 
obligations. The  terms used in this BISD and in the texts reproduced or referenced therein do not 
constitute or imply an expression of opinion by the WTO Secretariat concerning the status of any 
territory, or the delimitation of its fron tiers. 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
1 Supplements 1 -42 as well as Supplements I -IV, with Supplement I existing in both original and revised 
form.  
2 GATT BISDs  are referenced as follows. GATT BISDs carrying an Arabic numeral should be referenced as 
"BISD #S/# ", where #S indicates the Supplemen t number, and the second # indicates the page number 
(for example, GATT BISD 27S/25 refers to page 25 in Supplement 27 of the GATT  BISD). GATT BISDs carrying 
a Roman numeral should be referenced as "BISD #/# ", where the first # indicates the Volume number,  and the 
second # indicates the page number (for example, GATT BISD II/1 refers to page  1 in Volume II of the 
GATT  BISD. Volume I also exists in revised form, and should be referred to as "IR", e.g. GATT BISD IR/24).  
WTO BISDs for the period 1995 -2006 may be referenced as "WTO BISD #/#". The first # indicates the 
Volume number in Arabic numerals, and the second # indicates the page number (for  example, WTO BISD 5/1 
refers to page 1 of Volume 5 of the WTO BISD).  
Later editions of the WTO BISD  do not carry a Volume number but a year and a document symbol. 
Accordingly, they should be referenced as "WTO BISD yyyy/# ", where yyyy  indicates the calendar year covered 
by the volume in question, and # indicates the page number (for example, page 5 in the present volume, covering 
2021, should be referenced as WTO BISD 2021/5). WT/BISD/2021  
 
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  WTO MEMBERS AND OBSERVERS  
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2021 
MEMBERS (164)
Afghanistan  
Albania  
Angola  
Antigua and Barbuda  
Argentina  
Armenia  
Australia  
Austria  
Bahrain, Kingdom of  
Bangladesh  
Barbados  
Belgium  
Belize  
Benin  
Bolivia, Plurinational  
State of  
Botswana  
Brazil  
Brunei Darussalam  
Bulgaria  
Burkina Faso  
Burundi  
Cabo Verde  
Cambodia  
Cameroon  
Canada  
Central African Republic  
Chad 
Chile 
China  
Colombia  
Congo  
Costa Rica  
Côte d 'Ivoire  
Croatia  
Cuba 
Cyprus  
Czech Republic  
Democratic Republic of  
the Congo  
Denmark  
Djibouti  
Dominica  
Dominican Republic  
Ecuador  
Egypt  
El Salvador  
Estonia  
Eswatini  
European Union  
Fiji 
Finland  
France  
Gabon  
 
1 As of June 2022 : Türkiye.  The Gambia  
Georgia  
Germany  
Ghana  
Greece  
Grenada  
Guatemala  
Guinea -Bissau  
Guinea, Republic of  
Guyana  
Haiti 
Honduras  
Hong Kong, China  
Hungary  
Iceland  
India 
Indonesia  
Ireland  
Israel  
Italy 
Jamaica  
Japan  
Jordan  
Kazakhstan  
Kenya  
Korea, Republic of  
Kuwait, the State of  
Kyrgyz Republic  
Lao People's Democratic 
Republic  
Latvia  
Lesotho  
Liberia  
Liechtenstein  
Lithuania  
Luxembourg  
Macao, China  
Madagascar  
Malawi  
Malaysia  
Maldives  
Mali 
Malta  
Mauritania  
Mauritius  
Mexico  
Moldova, Republic of  
Mongolia  
Montenegro  
Morocco  
Mozambique  
Myanmar  
Namibia  
Nepal  Netherlands  
New Zealand  
Nicaragua  
Niger  
Nigeria  
North Macedonia  
Norway  
Oman  
Pakistan  
Panama  
Papua New Guinea  
Paraguay  
Peru 
Philippines  
Poland  
Portugal  
Qatar  
Romania  
Russian Federation  
Rwanda  
Saint Kitts and Nevis  
Saint Lucia  
Saint Vincent and the  
Grenadines  
Samoa  
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  
Senegal  
Seychelles  
Sierra Leone  
Singapore  
Slovak Republic  
Slovenia  
Solomon Islands  
South Africa  
Spain  
Sri Lanka  
Suriname  
Sweden  
Switzerland  
Chinese Taipei  
Tajikistan  
Tanzania  
Thailand  
Togo 
Tonga  
Trinidad and Tobago  
Tunisia  
Turkey1 
Uganda  
Ukraine  
United Arab Emirates  
United Kingdom  
United States of America  
Uruguay  WT/BISD/2021  
 
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  Vanuatu  
Venezuela, Bolivarian 
Republic of  Viet Nam  
Yemen  
Zambia  Zimbabwe
 
OBSERVERS (25)
Algeria  
Andorra  
Azerbaijan  
Bahamas  
Belarus  
Bhutan  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Comoros  
Curaçao  
 Equatorial Guinea  
Ethiopia  
Holy See  
Iran 
Iraq 
Lebanese Republic  
Libya  
Sao Tomé and Principe  
Serbia  
 Somalia  
South Sudan  
Sudan  
Syrian Arab Republic  
Timor -Leste  
Turkmenistan  
Uzbekistan  
 WT/BISD/2021  
 
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 CHAIRPERSONS OF WTO BODIES  
Appointed in 2021 
General Council  Mr Dacio Castillo (Honduras)  
Dispute Settlement Body  Mr Didier Chambovey (Switzerland)  
Trade Policy Review Body  Dr Athaliah Lesiba M olokomme  (Botswana)  
  
Council for Trade in Goods  Mr Lundeg P urevsuren  (Mongolia)   
- Committee on Agriculture  Mr Marcos Da Rosa Uranga (Uruguay)  
- Committee on Anti -Dumping Practices  Mr Ahmed A l-Sulaiti  (Qatar)   
- Committee on Customs Valuation  Mr Buddhi Prasad U padhyaya  (Nepal)  
- Committee on Import Licensing  Mr Hsin -lung H ung (Chinese Taipei)  
- Committee on Market Access  Mr Chakarin K omolsiri  (Thailand)   
- Committee on Rules of Origin  Mr Sulaiman S atari (Afghanistan)   
- Committee on Safeguards  Ms Mar y Lisa M adell (United Kingdom)   
- Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary 
Measures   
Mr Juteau Deadjufo T ousse  (Cameroon)   
- Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing 
Measures   
Ms Noriko T eranishi  (Japan)   
- Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Mrs Elisa María Olmeda de Alejandro (Mexico)  
- Committee on Trade -Related Investment 
Measures   
Ms Vilma P eltonen  (Finland)   
- Working Party on State Trading Enterprises  Mr Sultan A lsharif  (Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of)   
- Committee of Participants on the Expansion of 
Trade in Information Technology Products   
Ms Katarzyna S tecz (Poland)   
- Committee on Trade Facilitation  Mr Christopher O'T oole (Canada)  
  
Council for Trade in Services  Mr Ángel Villalobos Rodríguez (Mexico)   
- Committee on Specific Commitments  Mr Thomas N auta (Netherlands)   
- Committee on Trade in Financial Services  Mr Johan E kerhult  (Sweden)   
- Working Party on GATS Rules  Mr Omduttrajsingh S ewraj  (Mauritius)   
- Working Party on Domestic Regulation  Mr Devabrata C hakraborty  (Bangladesh)  
  
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of Intellectual 
Property Rights   
Mr Dagfinn Sørli (Norway)   
  
Committee on Balance -of-Payments Restrictions  Mr Dmitry L yakishev  (Russian Federation)   
Committee on Budget, Finance and 
Administration   
Dr Bettina W aldmann  (Germany)   
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements  Dr Cleopa Kilonzo M ailu (Kenya)   
Committee on Trade and Development  Dr Muhammad Mujtaba Piracha (Pakistan)   
- Sub-Committee on Least -Developed Countries  Ms Monique Van Daalen (Netherlands)  WT/BISD/2021  
 
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Committee on Trade and Environment   
Mr Manuel A.J. T eehankee  (Philippines)   
Working Group on Trade, Debt and Finance  Ms Cheryl Kay S pencer  (Jamaica)   
Working Group on Trade and Transfer of 
Technology   
Ms Le Thi Tuyet Mai (Viet Nam)   
  
Trade Negotiations Committee  Ms Ngozi Okonjo -Iweala  (Director -General)  
- Committee on Trade and Development 
in Special Session   
Ms Kadra  Ahmed Hassan (Djibouti)  
- Committee on Trade and Environment 
in Special Session   
Mr Léopold Samba (Central African Republic)  
- Committee on Agriculture in Special Session  Ms Gloria Abraham Peralta (Costa Rica)  
- Council for Trade in Services in Special Session  Ms Zhanar Aitzhanova (Kazakhstan)  
- Council for TRIPS in Special Session  Mr Alfredo Suescum (Panama)  
- Dispute Settlement Body in Special Session  Mr Kokou Yackoley Johnson (Togo)  
- Negotiating Group on Market Access  Mr Didier Chambovey (Switzerland)  
- Negotiating Group on Rules  Mr Santiago Wills (Colombia)  
  
Plurilateral Trade Agreements   
- Committee on Government Procurement  Mr Carlos Vanderloo (Canada)  
- Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft  Ms Damaris Carnal ( Switzerland ) WT/BISD/2021  
 
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 DECISIONS AND REPORTS  
 
 
GENERAL COUNCIL  
 
 
AMENDMENT OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT - EIGHTH EXTENSION OF THE PERIOD FOR THE 
ACCEPTANCE BY MEMBERS OF THE PROTOCOL AMENDING THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
 
DECISION OF 22 NOVEMBER 2021  
(WT/L/1122 ) 
 
 The General  Council,  
 Conducting  the functions of the Ministerial  Conference in the interval between meetings  
pursuant to paragraph  2 of Article  IV of the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade 
Organization (the  "WTO  Agreement");  
 Having regard to paragraph  2 of the Decision of the General  Council of 6  December  2005 on 
the Amendment of the TRIPS  Agreement (the  "TRIPS  Amendment  Decision") and paragraph  3 of the 
Protocol Amending the TRIPS  Agreement (the  "Protocol")1, which provide tha t the Protocol shall be 
open for acceptance by Members until 1  December  2007 or such later date as may be decided by 
the Ministerial  Conference;  
 Recalling that the General Council, by its decision of 10  December  2019 (the  "2019  Extension 
Decision")2, extended the period for acceptances of the Protocol by Members for the  seventh time 
until 31  December  2021 or such later date as may be decided by the  Ministerial  Conference;  
 Recalling also that, pursuant to paragraph  3 of the TRIPS  Amendment  Decision and 
paragraph  4 of the Protocol, the Protocol took effect and entered into force on 23  January  2017 upon 
acceptance by two thirds of Members who had accepted it on or before that date in  accordance with 
the provisions of paragraph  3 of Article  X of the WTO  Agree ment;  
 Noting that the Protocol takes effect for each other Member upon acceptance by it pursuant 
to paragraph 3 of Article X of the WTO Agreement;  
 Noting also  that a number of Members are yet to accept the Protocol and that this is taking 
them longer tha n initially foreseen;  
 Having considered the proposal to further extend the period for acceptances of the  Protocol 
submitted by the Council for TRIPS (IP/C/89);  
 Decides  as follows:  
 The period for acceptances by Members of the Protocol Amending the TRIPS Agreement 
referred to in paragraph  2 of the TRIPS  Amendment  Decision and paragraph  3 of the Protocol, 
and extended by the 2019  Extension  Decision, shall be further extended until 31  December  2023 
or such later date as may be decided by the Ministerial  Conference.  
 
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1 WT/L/641 . 
2 WT/L/1081 . WT/BISD/2021  
 
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 PROCEDURE FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF HARMONIZED SYSTEM 2022 CHANGES  
TO SCHEDULES OF CONCESSIONS USING THE CONSOLIDATED  
TARIFF SCHEDULES (CTS) DATABASE  
 
DECISION  
Adopted on 23 November 2021  
 
(WT/L/1123 ) 
 
The General Council,  
 
Having rega rd to Articles IV:2 and IX:1 of the WTO Agreement;  
 
Recalling  that the contracting parties to the GATT 1947, by their Decision of 12 July 19831, agreed 
on a method to introduce the Harmonized System (HS) into schedules of concessions;  
 
Recalling  that the contracting parties to the GATT 1947, by their Decision of 8 October  19912, 
decided on simplified procedures to introduce HS changes to schedules of concessions;  
 
Noting  that WTO Members established a Consolidated Tariff Schedule (CTS) database which, 
although not legally binding, could serve as a valuable tool for the verification and certification of 
commitments;  
 
Taking into account  the desire of Members to facilitate and simplify the introduction of HS  changes 
into WTO schedules by making a better use of the CTS database;  
 
Decides that:  
 
1  PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE DRAFT HS2022 FILE  
1.  The Secretariat shall prepare for Members a comprehensive set of information on the Harmonized 
System 2022 nomenclature  (HS2022) changes, which shall include –in electronic form – the 
HS2022  nomenclature at the level of HS six -digit subheading, concordance tables between the 
HS2017 and the HS2022 nomenclatures3, and the layout of the electronic formats to be used for the 
transposition files. This information shall be circulated to all Members no later than 
31 December  2021.  
2.  The Secretariat shall transpo se the schedules of Members, except for those who undertake to 
prepare their own transposition and submit a notification to this effect no later than 
31 December  2021. Members that decide to undertake their own transposition shall submit all the 
required i nformation to the Secretariat –in electronic form – no later than 30 September 2022. A 
description of the required information is provided in Annex 1.  
3.  The transposition work shall be based on each Member's latest schedule, as reflected in the 
Consolidat ed Tariff Schedule (CTS) database. If tariff lines affected by changes in the 
HS2022  nomenclature are not yet certified in the HS2017 nomenclature, then the draft HS2017  files 
shall be used as the basis for those tariff lines.  
4.  In preparing the HS2022 t ransposition, and to the extent possible, the scope of the concessions 
and other commitments shall remain unchanged. Any tariff line for which a change in the scope of 
a concession may have occurred due to the complex technical nature of the transposition shall be 
clearly flagged. Paragraph 5 of Annex 2 and paragraph 15 below describe how these situations shall 
be addressed.  
 
1 BISD 30S/17.  
2 BISD 39S/300.  
3 The Secretariat shall take into account the Recommendation adopted by the Council of the World Customs 
Organization on 28  June 2019 (reproduced in G/MA/W/163) . It shall also take into account subsequent work at the 
Harmonized System Committee of the WCO.  WT/BISD/2021  
 
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 Transposition work by the Secretariat  
5.  The Secretariat shall introduce into the Member's schedule, as reflected in the CTS  database , all 
HS2022  changes, as well as the Recommendation adopted by the Council of the World Customs 
Organization on 28 June 2019. The Secretariat shall update all the tariff codes and descriptions that 
change due to the introduction of the HS2022 nomenclature,  including those relating to tariff quotas 
and export subsidies, if applicable. In doing this work, the Secretariat shall abide by the technical 
procedures described in Annex 2 to this Decision. The Secretariat shall prepare, based on the 
updated CTS datab ase in the HS2022 nomenclature, a separate file to reflect the changes in 
nomenclature that were introduced. This separate file shall be prepared as described in Annex 1 and 
shall be considered the "draft HS2022 file" for the purpose of this Decision.  
6.  The Secretariat shall send to the Member its draft HS2022 file for examination as soon as the 
technical work has been completed. The date of this communication shall hereinafter be referred to 
as the "first date for a file prepared by the Secretariat". Upo n receipt of this file, the Member shall 
have the possibility to seek clarifications from the Secretariat and propose changes as laid out in 
Section  2 of these procedures.  
Members preparing their own transposition  
7.  Members that undertake to prepare thei r own transposition shall update all the tariff codes and 
descriptions that change due to the introduction of the HS2022 nomenclature, including those 
relating to tariff quotas and export subsidies, if applicable. In doing this work, they shall abide by 
the technical procedures described in Annex 2 to this Decision. These Members are expected to 
submit to the Secretariat their draft HS2022 files for examination and final formatting not later than 
the date provided to this effect in paragraph 2. The date of receipt shall hereinafter be referred to 
as the "first date for a file prepared by the Member".  
2  EXAMINATION OF DRAFT HS2022 FILES AND RELEASE FOR MULTILATERAL REVIEW  
8.  Members for whom the Secretariat has prepared a draft HS2022 file are expected to e xamine 
their file and to provide the Secretariat with a written communication that either approves the file 
(case  1), or provides specific comments on its contents (case 2). Such communications should reach 
the Secretariat no later than 60 days following t he "first date" for a file prepared by the Secretariat.  
9.  The Secretariat shall review the draft HS2022 files prepared by Members pursuant to paragraph  7 
before their release for multilateral review. If the Secretariat has no comments on the file, it sha ll 
then be released for multilateral review (case 1). If the Secretariat has comments (case 2), these 
will then be transmitted to the Member concerned no later than 60 days following the "first date" for 
a file prepared by the Member.  
10.  In case 1, the S ecretariat shall release the draft HS2022 file for multilateral review with a 
headnote indicating that it has been approved by the Member.  
11.  In case 2, both the Member concerned and the Secretariat shall endeavour to reach a common 
understanding on the issue(s) raised, and reflect any changes accordingly in the draft HS2022 file, 
with a view to releasing it for multilateral review no later than 90 days from the appropriate 
"first date". In this regard:  
(a) When a common understanding is reached and no ch ange is required, the Secretariat shall 
release the original draft HS2022 file for multilateral review with a headnote indicating that 
the file has been approved by the Member.  
(b) When a common understanding is reached and changes to the draft HS2022 file  are 
required, the Secretariat shall prepare a revised file and release it for multilateral review 
with a headnote indicating that the file has been approved by the Member.  
(c) When a common understanding has not been reached, the Secretariat shall prepare  a 
revised draft HS2022 file including the specific changes proposed by the Member and 
release the file for multilateral review. The revised file shall include a headnote indicating 
that the file has been approved by the Member, and shall also describe the  Secretariat's 
observations on the file.  
 
12.  If the Secretariat does not receive any response from the Member concerned within 90  days 
from the appropriate "first date", the draft HS2022 file will be released for multilateral review with WT/BISD/2021  
 
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 a headnote indic ating that the Member concerned has neither provided any comments nor approved 
the file.  
3  MULTILATERAL REVIEW PROCESS  
13.  Multilateral review of draft HS2022 files released pursuant to Section 2 of these procedures 
shall take place in the framework of informal dedicated sessions of the Committee on Market Access, 
which shall be scheduled by the Secretariat as required. The Secretariat will post these files three 
or four times a year on the Tariff Analysis Online (TAO)4 and on dates that sh ould be at least six 
weeks prior to the informal sessions scheduled to this effect. Members shall be notified of such 
postings through a communication by the Secretariat.  
14.  Modifications agreed at the multilateral review sessions shall be incorporated b y the Secretariat 
into a revised version of the file, which shall then be resubmitted for multilateral review in accordance 
with paragraph 13. In case a Member has a query or comment concerning another Member's draft 
HS2022  file, but is unable to attend th e meeting at which these changes are to be reviewed, it may 
request the Chair to convey those queries/comments to the other Member at the time of the 
multilateral review.  
15.  Where the scope of a concession is modified as a result of the transposition in a way that impairs 
its value, consultations and renegotiations pursuant to Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 shall be 
entered into by the Member concerned.5 The status of discussions and consultations between 
Members, including Article XXVIII renegotiations, should be reported  to other Members at the 
multilateral sessions to ensure full transparency.  
4  CERTIFICATION OF HS2022 CHANGES  
16.  When there is no ob jection remaining on a draft HS2022 file at a multilateral review session, such 
file will then be considered approved by the Committee on Market Access. The file will be submitted 
for certification as provided  for in paragraph 18 below, with the exception of any draft HS2022  file 
released under paragraph 12 where the Member concerned has still neither provided any comments 
nor approved the file. The latter files shall also be submitted for certification as provided for in 
paragraph  18 below, unless the Memb er concerned submits in writing to the Secretariat a reservation 
within one month from the date of approval of its draft HS2022 file at the multilateral review session.  
17.  Members having submitted such a reservation shall also provide in writing to the Secretariat  
details of the specific reasons no later than 2 months from the date of their initial communication 
containing their reservation. If such specific reasons are not provided within the deadline, the 
certification of their HS2022 file shall take pl ace as provided for in paragraph 18 below.  In case any 
amendment is introduced to the HS2022  file, the multilateral review process provided for in Section  3 
shall be resumed for such a file.  
18.  The Secretariat shall prepare a draft paper version of the c hanges, as contained in the approved 
HS2022  file which shall be circulated pursuant to the 1980 Decision on Procedures for Modification 
and Rectification of Schedules of Tariff Concessions (L/4962).  
5  PERIODIC REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT  
19.  The Secretariat shall prepare a periodic report on the status of work, which shall include – to 
the extent possible – the following information: (i) a list of the Members that will prepare their own 
draft HS2022  files; (ii) a list of the draft HS2022  files that  remain to be prepared by the Secretariat; 
(iii) the draft HS2022  files that have been completed by the Secretariat and the date when they 
were sent to Members; (iv) the draft HS2022  files released for multilateral review, including a 
mention of any releva nt explanatory note; (v) the progress made on each draft HS2022  file, including 
Members having raised reservations, the tariff lines subject to reservation, and a summary of the 
reasons; (vi) the draft HS2022  files that have been approved in the multilater al review and the date 
of circulation pursuant to the 1980 Procedures ; (vii) the approved HS2022  changes that have been 
certified.  
 
4 https://tao.wto.org . 
5 Where a request for renegotiation or consultation has been made under Article  XXVIII of the GATT  1994, 
the Procedures for Negotiations under Article  XXVIII (BISD27S/26) shall apply.  WT/BISD/2021  
 
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 ANNEX 1  
DRAFT HS2022 FILE  
1.  The draft HS2022  file shall cover all tariff lines under headings with changes introduced by t he 
HS nomenclature, as well as the corresponding concordance tables with the concessions and 
commitments in the HS2017 nomenclature. The Secretariat and Members that undertake to prepare 
their own transposition are expected to provide –as a separate file w hich will not be subject to 
multilateral review – a complete draft CTS file in the HS2022 nomenclature. This additional file will 
facilitate the preparation of an updated version of the CTS database once the transposition 
procedures are finalized and certif ied. 
 
2.  The draft HS2022  file shall contain for each bound tariff line, inter alia , the following data 
elements:  
 
• Tariff line code in HS2022 nomenclature (including suffix or ex)  
• Product description  
• Base duty (if the final bound duty is not fully impleme nted at the date of the 
transposition)  
• Final bound duty  
• Other duties and charges  
• Special safeguard  
• Legal instrument (present and earlier)  
• INR (present and earlier if available in the CTS)  
• Implementation period (if the final bound duty is not fully implemen ted at the date of 
the transposition)  
• Certification indicator  
 
3.  Additional tables containing other relevant concessions and commitments that may be affected 
by the HS2022 transposition (e.g. tariff quotas and agricultural export subsidies; special sections of 
the ITA, ITA Expansion, Pharma; etc.) shall also be included.  
 
4.  Members who undertake to prepare their own transposition shall submit all the above -mentioned 
information in electronic format and follow the layout that will be circula ted by the Secretariat in 
accordance with paragraph 1 of this Decision.  WT/BISD/2021  
 
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 ANNEX 2  
TECHNICAL NOTE ON TRANSPOSITION PROCEDURE  
1.  The following note describes the relevant technical procedures which shall be applied in the 
preparation of the draft HS2022  files. 
 
Concession elements  
2.  The CTS database contains not only tariff concessions, but also a number of other commitments. 
Although several of these are expressed at the tariff -line level in the different Parts and Sections of 
the schedules, there are some  which are not. As a result, not all elements currently included in the 
CTS are required for the HS2022  transposition. It is therefore suggested to retain in the draft 
HS2022  file only those elements which are required for this purpose (see Annex 1).  
 
Procedural issues  
3.  All affected tariff lines shall be converted into the HS2022 nomenclature and shall be clearly 
flagged. Detailed tariff line codes and descriptions may have to be adjusted in certain instances 
(e.g. example  1, table 3b) in order to genera te a meaningful and intelligible schedule. The 
transposition of any tariff line requiring manual modifications shall also be clearly flagged for 
verification and approval by Members.  
 
Methodological issues  
4.  Each new HS2022  subheading/tariff line will be  derived from one or more HS2017 tariff lines or 
part of these lines. If a HS2022  subheading/tariff line matches with two or more HS2017  tariff lines 
and if these lines have the same levels or contents of concessions (e.g. same bound duties, INRs, 
etc.), t he original concession elements can be merged into one new concession at the level of the 
new HS2022 subheading/tariff line. If the concessions of the original HS2017 tariff lines are different, 
the concession elements of the new HS2022 subheading/tariff l ine should reflect this. In this case, 
the HS2022 subheading/tariff line should normally be broken down to a more detailed level so that 
the draft HS2022  file reflects fully the same level of concessions as the CTS in HS2017.  
 
5.  In case where it is unavo idable to combine tariff lines or parts of tariff lines with different 
concessions, there are four possible methodologies that could be used to arrive at the new rate in 
accordance to the 1983 procedures on a method to introduce the Harmonized System (HS) into 
schedules of concessions.1 These are: 1) applying the lowest rate of any previous tariff line to the 
whole of the new tariff line, 2) applying the rate previously applied to the tariff line with the majority 
of trade, 3) applying the trade weighted average rate of duty for the new line, or 4) applying the 
arithmetic average of the previous rates of duty where no basis exists for establishing reasonably 
accurate trade allocations. In the context of the HS2017 transposition, the Secretariat suggested to 
use the duty rate with the most  frequent occurrence (i.e. the mode) for special cases.2 If any of the 
above methodologies is used, the selected option shall be specified at the tariff line level. The choice 
of methodology shall also be explained, except for those situations in which th e first option is 
selected (i.e. selecting the lowest duty). If options 2) or 3) are selected, the Member concerned shall 
also supply the necessary import data (last three years available). The implication of a combination 
of tariff lines on other elements  of the concessions, such as INRs, ODCs and SSGs, shall also be 
taken into account by Members to assess whether the value of the concession has been impaired 
and GATT Article XXVIII negotiations need to be followed (see paragraph 15 above).  
 
6.  Example 2 show that the "collapsing" of tariff lines to HS 6 -digit subheadings significantly 
simplifies the tariff structure and the workload involved. It requires less manual intervention and is, 
thus, less likely to be controversial. Having a maximum number of con cessions defined at the level 
of HS  6-digit subheadings would also make it easier to transpose the new schedule into any new 
national applied schedule based on HS2022 nomenclature.3 
 
1 Decision of 12  July 1983, BISD 30S/17.  
2 For example, this was the case of HS2017  Subheading  0302.99.  See Section 5.3, Simplification B.1 of 
the HS2017 Notes on Methodolo gy that were adopted by the Committee on Market Access on 10 April 2019 
(G/MA/366).  
3 This would not preclude that concessions defined only at the level of subheadings could be broken down 
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 Reference documents  
7.  The transposition shall be based on the information provided by the World Customs Organization, 
which is included in the WTO documents G/MA/W/163 , G/MA/W/163/Add.1  and G/MA/W/164 . A 
detailed concordance table between the HS2017 and the HS2022 nomenclatures  shall be prepared 
by the Secretariat using these documents as the basis.  
 
Example 1: Split  
8.  HS2017 subheading 1510.00 is split into two HS2022 subheadings to separately identify in the 
Harmonized System certain categories of products representing a con siderable volume of trade and 
to align their descriptions with the definitions specified in the International Olive Council trade 
standard applicable to olive oils and olive pomace oils:  
Table 1.a HS 2017       Table 1.b HS 2022  
HS code  Product description   HS code  Product description  
1510.00  Other oils and their fractions, 
obtained solely from olives, whether 
or not refined, but not chemically 
modified, including blends of these 
oils or fractions with oils or fractions 
of heading 15.09.   1510 Other oils and their fractions, 
obtained solely from olives, whether 
or not refined, but not chemically 
modified, including blends of these 
oils or fractions with oils or fractions 
of heading 15.09.  
   1510.10  - Crude olive pomace oil  
   1510.90  - Other  
 
9.  In the CTS database, a Member has four national tariff lines under HS2017 subheading  1510.00:  
Table 2  CTS in HS2017  
TL code  Product description  Bound duty  
1510.00  Other oils and their fractions, obtained solely from olives, whether or 
not refined, but not chemically modified, including blends of these 
oils or fractions with oils or fractions of heading 15.09.   
1510.0010  Crude olive pomace oil, for retail sale  10 
1510.0020  Crude olive pomace oil, other  20 
1510.0030  Refined oil  30 
1510.0090  Other  30 
 
10.  If the conversion is done by a computer program, it would generate 8 possible HS2022  tariff 
lines. However, not all of the 8 new national tariff lines are appropriate when the product descriptions 
are considered. For instance, HS2017 national tariff line "1510.0030 – Refined oil" cannot not be 
kept under the HS2022 subheading "1510.10 – Crude olive pomace oil", and it should stay only 
under "1510.90 – other". Similarly, the HS2017 national tariff line "1510.0010 - Crude olive pomace 
oil, for retail sale" can only stay under HS2022 subheading "1510.10 – Crude olive pomace oil". 
Therefore, each tariff line generated by computer program shall be reviewed manually to determine 
whether it shall stay under the corresponding n ew HS2022 subheading. In this example, Table  3 
shows the tariff lines which are retained under each HS2022 subheadings and their corresponding 
tariff lines in HS2017.  
 
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 Table 3.a  CTS in HS2017       Table 3.b  CTS in HS2022  
HS code  Product description   HS code  Product description  
1510.00  Other oils and their fractions, 
obtained solely from olives, whether 
or not refined, but not chemically 
modified, including blends of these 
oils or fractions with oils or fractions 
of heading 15.09.   1510 Other oils and their fractions, 
obtained solely from olives, 
whether or not refined, but not 
chemically modified, including 
blends of these oils or fractions 
with oils or fractions of heading 
15.09.  
1510.0010  Crude olive pomace oil, for retail 
sale  1510.10  - Crude olive pomace oil  
1510.0020  Crude olive pomace oil, other   1510.1010  - - For retail sale  
1510.0030  Refined oil   1510.1090  - - Other  
1510.0090  Other   1510.9000  - Other  
 
11.  A concordance table between the HS2017 and HS2022 nomenclature at the tariff line level 
would be constructed as follows:  
Table 4.a  Correlating HS2017 to HS2022   Table 4.b Correlating HS2022 to HS2017  
HS2017  ex Bound 
duty 
HS17  HS2022  ex Bound 
duty 
HS22   
HS2022  ex Bound 
duty 
HS22  HS2017  ex Bound 
duty 
HS17  
1510.0010   10 1510.1010   10  1510.1010   10 1510.0010   10 
1510.0020   20 1510.1090   20  1510.1090   20 1510.0020   20 
1510.0030   30 1510.9000  X 30  1510.9000  X 30 1510.0030   30 
1510.0090   30 1510.9000  X 30  1510.9000  X 30 1510.0090   30 
 
Example 2: Merger  
12.  Two HS2017 subheadings 9114.10 and 9114.90 are merged to one new HS2022  subheading:  
  Table 5.a HS 2017        Table 5.b HS 2022  
HS code  Product description   HS code  Product description  
9114 Other clock or watch parts.   9114 Other clock or watch parts.  
9114.10  - Springs, including hair -springs     
9114.30  - Dials  9114.30  - Dials 
9114.40  - Plates and bridges   9114.40  - Plates and bridges  
9114.90  - Other   9114.90  - Other  
 
13.  In the CTS database, a Member has four tariff lines listed under the two subheadings:  
Table 6 CTS in HS2017  
TL code  Product description  Bound duty  
9114 Other clock or watch parts.   
9114.10  - Springs, including hair -springs   
9114.1010  - - Hair-springs  10 
9114.1090  - - Other  10 
9114.3000  - Dials 10 
9114.4000  - Plates and bridges  10 
9114.90  - Other   
9114.9010  - - Clock parts  10 
9114.9090  - - Other  10 
 
14.  If the first six digits of the HS2017 tariff lines are substituted by the codes of new 
HS2022  subheadings:  
Table 7.a HS2017         Table 7.b HS2022  
TL code   TL code  Product description  
9114.1010  Substitute first 6 digits with 9614.90  9114.9010  - - Hair-springs  
9114.1090   9114.9090  - - Other  
9114.9010  9114.9010  - - Clock parts  
9114.9090  9114.9090  - - Other  
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 15.  If all national tariff lines under a HS 6 -digit subheading have the same duties (and other 
concession elements), these lines could be collapsed to the HS 6 -digit subheading level and the 
transposition exercise will be significantly simplified as shown below. According to Table 6, all 
HS2017  tariff lines have a duty of 10%. Therefore, the new HS2022 tariff lines could be collapsed 
to one tariff line 9114.9000 with bound duty 10%.  
 Table 8.a HS 2017 before collapsing      Table 8.b HS 2017 after collapsing  
TL code  Product description  Bound 
duty  
TL code  Product description  Bound 
duty 
9114.1010  - - Hair-springs  10  9114.9000  - Other  10 
9114.1090  - - Other  10   
9114.9010  - - Clock parts  10   
9114.9090  - - Other  10   
 
16.  A concordance table between the HS2017 and HS2022 nomenclature at the tariff line level shall 
be constructed as follows:  
Table 9.a Correlating HS2017 to HS2022    Table 9.b Correlating HS2022 to HS2017  
HS2017  ex Bound 
duty 
HS17  HS2022  ex Bound 
duty 
HS22   HS2022  ex Bound 
duty 
HS22  HS2017  ex Bound 
duty 
HS17  
9114.1010   10 9114.9000  x 10  9114.9000  x 10 9114.1010   10 
9114.1090   10 9114.9000  x 10  9114.9000  x 10 9114.1090   10 
9114.9010   10 9114.9000  x 10  9114.9000  x 10 9114.9010   10 
9114.9090   10 9114.9000  x 10  9114.9000  x 10 9114.9090   10 
 
 
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 COUNCIL FOR TRADE -RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS  
 
 
EXTENSION OF THE TRANSITION PERIOD UNDER ARTICLE 66.1 FOR LEAST DEVELOPED 
COUNTRY MEMBERS  
 
DECISION OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRIPS OF 29 JUNE 2021  
(IP/C/88 ) 
 
 The Council for Trade -Related Aspec ts of Intellectual Property Rights (the "Council for TRIPS"),  
 
Having regard  to the transition period for least developed country Members provided for in 
paragraph 1 of Article 66 of the TRIPS Agreement (the "Agreement");  
 
Recalling  that this transition pe riod was extended by  the Decision of the Council for TRIPS of 
11 June 2013 (IP/C/64) until 1 July 2021;  
 
Having regard  to the request from least developed country Members, dated 1 October 2020, 
for a further extension of this transition period, contained i n document IP/C/W/668 ; 
 
Recognizing  the special needs and requirements of least developed country Members, the 
economic, financial and administrative constraints that they continue to face, and their need for 
flexibility to create a viable technological ba se, particularly due to the long -term social and economic 
impacts of the COVID -19 pandemic on least developed country Members ; 
 Recognizing  the continuing needs of least developed country Members for technical and 
financial cooperation so as to enable them  to realize the cultural, social, technological and other 
developmental objectives of intellectual property systems;  
 
 
 Decides  as follows:  
 
1. Least developed country Members shall not be required to apply the provisions of the 
Agreement, other than Articles  3, 4 and 5, until 1 July 2034, or until such a date on which they 
cease to be a least developed country Member, whichever date is earlier .  
2. Recognizing the progress that least developed country Members have already made towards 
implementing the TRIPS Agre ement, including in accordance with paragraph 5 of IP/C/40 , least 
developed country Members express their determination to preserve and continue the progress 
towards implementation of the TRIPS Agreement. Nothing in this decision shall prevent least 
develo ped country Members from making full use of the flexibilities provided by the Agreement to 
address their needs, including to create a sound and viable technological base and to overcome their 
capacity constraints supported by, among other steps, implementa tion of Article  66.2 by developed 
country Members.  
3. This Decision is without prejudice to the Decision of the Council for TRIPS of 6 November 2015 
on "Extension of the Transition Period under Article  66.1 of the TRIPS Agreement for 
Least -Developed Country M embers for Certain Obligations with respect to Pharmaceutical Products" 
(IP/C/73), and to the right of least developed country Members to seek further extensions of the 
period provided for in paragraph 1 of Article 66 of the Agreement . 
 
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 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY  
 
 
APPENDIX I OF THE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT UNDERSTANDING  
(WT/DSB/82  – GPA/154 ) 
 
The following letter dated 10 Februa ry 2021, from the Chairman of the Committee on Government 
Procurement to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body is circulated to Members for 
information.  
 
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As you know, Appendix 1 of the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU ) on agreements covered 
by the DSU refers, under letter C ("Plurilateral Trade Agreements"), to the "Agreement on 
Government Procurement".  
 
As Chair of the WTO Committee on Government Procurement, it is my pleasure to inform the Dispute 
Settlement Body th at on 1 January 2021, the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) done 
at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994 (GPA 1994) was replaced by  the Agreement on Government 
Procurement as amended by the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement, 
done at G eneva on 30 March 2012 ("amended Agreement") .1 This is because, on that date, the 
amended Agreement came into force for Switzerland (the last Party to the GPA 1994 to accept the 
amended Agreement).  
 
Accordingly, the "Agreement on Government Procurement" r eferred to in Appendix 1(C) of the DSU 
is now the amended Agreement for all GPA Parties.  
 
I also take this opportunity to recall that in accordance with Appendix 2 of the DSU, the Committee 
on Government Procurement notified the DSB of "special or addition al rules or procedures" 
(Article  1.2 of the DSU) contained in the amended Agreement in a letter from the Chair 
dated  24 November 2015 ( WT/DSB/68  and GPA/135 ). 
 
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1 The openi ng paragraph of the 2012 Protocol provides that "[t]he Preamble, Articles I through XXIV, 
and Appendices to the 1994 [Government Procurement] Agreement shall be deleted and replaced by the 
provisions as set forth in the Annex hereto".  WT/BISD/2021  
 
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 END OF THE UK -EU TRANSITION PERIOD  
 
 
COMMUNICATION BY THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE UNITED KINGDOM  
(WT/REG/GEN/N/10 ) 
 
The following Communication, dated 25 February 2021,  is bei ng circulated at  the request 
of the delegation s of the European Union and the United Kingdom.  
 
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On 24 December 2020, the European Union and the United Kingdom agreed the EU -UK Trade 
and Cooperation Agreement ( "the Agreement ") establishing a free trade are a between the European 
Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which replaces the previous 
trading arrangement from 1 January 2021. The Agreement has been jointly notified to the 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements under WT/RE G447/N/1  and S/C/N/1041 . 
 
The previous trading relationship between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Northern  Ireland ( "the UK ") and the (other) Member States of the European Union ( "the EU ") was 
governed by arrangements encompassed by the Treaty on  the Functioning of the European Union 
and the Treaty on European Union (WT/REG/39). The UK ceased to be a Member State of the EU on 
1 February 2020 (00.00 Central European Time) pursuant to the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement 
agreed between the UK and EU on 17 October 2019. The Withdrawal Agreement established a 
transition period between the UK and the EU, which concluded on 31 December 2020.  
 
At the end of transition period, the European Union's trade agreements with WTO Members, 
as previously notified to the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements, as well as non -WTO 
Members also ceased to apply to the United Kingdom . As a consequence, and in light of our 
commitments under the Transparency Mechanism for R egional Trade Agreements, the list of those 
agreements and the relevant WTO document series references are provided in Annex  1¶. 
 
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COMMUNICATION FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM  
(WT/GC/226 ) 
 
The following communication, dated 31 December 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of t he United Kingdom.  
 
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1  INTRODUCTION  
1.1.  As Members will recall, the United Kingdom was a founding party to the GATT 1947, and is an 
original Member of the WTO, in its own right. As set out in document WT/GC/206 , the 
United  Kingdom ceased to be a Member State of the European Union at 23.00 GMT on  31 January 
2020. As of this date the United Kingdom and the European Union entered into a time -limited 
transition period ("the transition period"). The transition period will come to an end at 23.00 GMT 
on 31 December 2020.  
1.2.  To assist Members in their ong oing engagement with the United Kingdom, this note sets out 
some of the implications of the end of the transition period for the United Kingdom at the WTO.  
2  SCHEDULES AND AGREEMENTS  
2.1.  For the duration of the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union and for the 
duration of the transition period, the United Kingdom's concessions and commitments on goods and 
concessions and specific commitments in services were contained within the schedule of concessions 
and commitments on goods and sche dule of concessions and specific commitments in services of 
the European Union.  
GOODS  
 
2.2.  On 24 July 2018 the United Kingdom's draft schedule of concessions and commitments on 
goods, Schedule XIX – United Kingdom, was circulated for certification in doc ument 
G/MA/TAR/RS/570  under the Procedures for Modification and Rectification of Schedules of Tariff 
Concessions.1 Subsequent addenda to that schedule were circulated on 28 May 2020 in document 
G/MA/TAR/RS/570/Add.1  and on 16 December 2020 in document G/MA/TAR/RS/570/Add.2  
(together  Schedule XIX). Members will also recall by virtue of the joint letter from the Permanent 
Representatives of the United Kingdom and European Union dated 11 October 2017, the 
apportionment of the European Union's existing tariff rate quota commitments. Schedule XIX set 
out those apportioned tariff rate quota commitments for the UK.  
2.3.  In document G/MA/TAR/RS/570 , the United Kingdom undertook to inform Members concerning 
the date of application of Schedule XIX. The United Kingdo m hereby notifies that, following the 
conclusion of the transition period, the United Kingdom will proceed, with effect from 23.00 GMT on 
31 December 2020, to fully respect all the concessions and commitments in Schedule XIX. That 
includes, pursuant to Art icle XXVIII:3 and 5 GATT 1994, the modification of its tariff rate quota 
commitments as set out in Schedule XIX.  
2.4.  The approach the United Kingdom is taking at this time has been made necessary and 
unavoidable by the conclusion of the transition period . The concessions and commitments currently 
set out in Schedule XIX will be fully respected, notwithstanding pending certification and subject to 
any appropriate adjustments and technical corrections, including those to tariff rate quotas arising 
from the conclusion of negotiations and consultations commenced via Communication G/SECRET/44  
under Article XXVIII of GATT 1994.  
 
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 2.5.  Between September 2019 and December 2020, the United Kingdom undertook five rounds of 
negotiations and consultations with relevant  Members under Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994. Some 
of these negotiations and consultations have reached agreement or are in an advanced stage of 
discussion. The United Kingdom reassures Members that it remains fully committed to successfully 
concluding n egotiations and consultations, an intention the United Kingdom assesses is shared by 
its negotiating partners. Nothing in this communication is intended to have the effect of impeding 
the course of those discussions or interfering with their successful con clusion, and the 
United  Kingdom recognises the practical mechanisms available to WTO Members to extend the 
timelines envisaged under Article XXVIII:3, should that prove necessary.  
2.6.  The United Kingdom  will further update  Members following the conclusio n of negotiations under 
Article XXVIII of GATT 1994.   
SERVICES  
2.7.  On 3 December 2018 the United Kingdom's schedule of concessions and specific commitments 
in services and the United Kingdom's list of Article II GATS (MFN) exemptions were circulated for 
certification in documents S/C/W/380  and S/C/W/381  under the relevant procedures.2 The period 
for objections to the certification of that schedule and list of Article II GATS (MFN) exemptions 
expired on 17 January 2019. The United Kingdom continues to consult with one Member under these 
procedures. From the end of the transition period,  the United Kingdom will fully respect the schedule 
of concessions and specific commitments set out in document S/C/W/380  (as corrected by document 
S/C/W/380/Corr.1)  and the Article II (MFN) Exemptions as set out in document S/C/W/381 , pending 
completion o f the procedures contained in documents S/L/84  and S/L/106  respectively. The 
United  Kingdom will update Members following the conclusion of these procedures.  
AGREEMENTS  
2.8.  There are also a small number of agreements, negotiated since the conclusion of t he Marrakesh 
Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization, in which the United Kingdom participated as 
a Member State of the European Union, but to which the United Kingdom was not party in its own 
right. Upon the expiry of the transition period the  United Kingdom has taken appropriate steps, 
where required, to accede to those agreements or confirm its continued acceptance and 
implementation of these agreements, as set out below.  
2.9.  Regarding the Government Procurement Agreement (the 'GPA'), the United Kingdom deposited 
its Instrument of Accession on 2 December 2020 (WT/Let/1498), ensuring that from 1  January 2021 
the GPA will enter into force for the United Kingdom in its own right (WT/Let/1503).  
2.10.  Regarding the Protocol Amending the TRIPS A greement (the 'TRIPS Amendment'), the 
Protocol Amending the Marrakesh Agreement (the 'Trade Facilitation Agreement'), and the 2015 
Protocol to the Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft, the United Kingdom has deposited Instruments 
of Continued Acceptance en suring that, from 1 January 2021, the United Kingdom continues to 
participate in its own right in these agreements ( WT/Let/1500 , WT/Let/1501 , WT/Let/1502 ). 
2.11.  Regarding the 1996 Ministerial Declaration on Trade in Information Technology Products ('the 
1996 ITA'), the 2015 Ministerial Declaration on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology 
Products (the 2015 'ITA Expansion'), and the Agreement on Trade in Pharmaceutical Products (the 
'Pharmaceutical Agreement') the United Kingdom has written to t he Director -General of the WTO to 
confirm its continued participation in these agreements in its own right (G/IT/W/52 and 
G/MA/W/166 ). As such, the tariff liberalisation commitments set out in these agreements are 
reflected in Schedule XIX.  
2.12.  As set o ut in the communication from the United Kingdom to the Director -General of the WTO 
dated 15 October 2019 (WT/Let/1450), the United Kingdom has extended the application of its 
 
2 The United Kingdom's draft Schedule of Specific Commitments in Services was circulated for 
certification pursuant to the Procedures for the Certification of Rectifications or Improvements to Schedul es of 
Specific Commitments adopted by the Council for Trade in Services on 14 April 2000, Document S/L/84 . The 
United  Kingdom's list of Article II GATS (MFN) exemptions was circulated for certification pursuant to the 
Procedures for the Certification of Te rminations, Reductions and Rectifications of Article II (MFN) exemptions 
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 ratification of the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization  to the Bailiwicks 
of Guernsey and Jersey, for whose international relations the United Kingdom is responsible. The 
United Kingdom has subsequently written to the Director -General of the WTO to confirm that this 
extension takes effect upon the expiry of th e transition period, at 23.00 GMT on 31 December 2020 
(WT/Let/1499).  
3  MFN AND PREFERENTIAL APPLIED TRADING ARRANGEMENTS  
3.1.  On 19 May 2020 the United Kingdom announced the 'UK Global Tariff', the MFN tariff regime 
that the United Kingdom would apply fo llowing the end of the transition period. The up to date details 
of that tariff regime were set out in domestic legislation on 16 December 2020. That tariff regime 
will be in effect following the end of the transition period, and will be notified to WTO Me mbers under 
the appropriate procedures shortly. The full details of the tariff regime can be found at 
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk -tariffs -from-1-january -2021. 
3.2.  The United Ki ngdom has also introduced its own Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP). 
The United Kingdom GSP will provide the same level of access as the current European Union trade 
preference scheme, and will be notified to WTO Members under the appropriate procedu res shortly. 
The full details of the GSP regime can be found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/trading -with-
developing -nations -from-1-january -2021. 
3.3.  The Unite d Kingdom has also agreed a number of preferential trade agreements with other 
Members, which are being notified to the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements in line with 
normal practice under the Transparency Mechanism.  
3.4.  One of those preferential trade agreements is that agreed between the United Kingdom and 
the European Union on 24 December 2020.  
3.5.  This agreement sits alongside specific provisions of the UK -EU Withdrawal Agreement3 relating 
to goods placed on the market prior to 1 January 2021, and other special arrangements including 
by virtue of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, and the Protocol on the Sovereign Base Areas. 
Further details on the operation of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland can be found at 
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the -northern -ireland -protocol . 
4  DISPUTES  
4.1.  Until the expiry of the transition period, the United Kingdom was treated as a Member State of 
the European Union for the purpose of ongoing WTO disputes to which the European Union was a 
party. Following the end of the transition period, the United Kingdom will be able to launch and 
defend WTO disputes in its own right.  
5 REMEDIES  
5.1.  The United Kingdom has  put in place a domestic trade remedies system coming into full effect 
from the end of the transition period. The United Kingdom has notified its remedies legislation and 
competent authority to the Committees on Anti -Dumping Prac tices, Subsidies and Countervailing 
Measures, and Safeguards.  
5.2.  To facilitate continuity in the circumstances of its departure from the European Union, the 
United Kingdom has retained those definitive trade remedy measures which applied before the end  
of the transition period and which met certain criteria. Each retained measure will undergo a review, 
which could in some cases lead to it being varied or revoked. The United Kingdom will continue to 
notify in line with its WTO obligations.  
 
3 Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the 
Europ ean Union and the European Atomic Energy Community https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/  
new-withdrawal -agreement -and-political -declaration . WT/BISD/2021  
 
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 6  ENGAGEMENT  WITH WTO REGULAR BUSINESS  
6.1.  The United Kingdom will continue to engage fully and constructively with other Members in the 
regular work of the WTO.  
6.2.  Some European Union legislation which previously applied in the United Kingdom on issues of 
relevance to trade with other WTO Members has been retained in United Kingdom domestic law and 
therefore relevant United Kingdom legislation mirrors that which was in place while the 
United  Kingdom was a European Union Member State.4 There have also been modif ications in a 
number of policy areas, and the United Kingdom will provide relevant information to WTO Members, 
in line with its notification obligations, at the earliest point possible. The United Kingdom will ask the 
Secretariat to circulate a number of s uch notifications in the coming weeks. The United Kingdom 
looks forward to engaging with interested Members on those notifications and related issues, 
including in the WTO's regular committees. More information on trading with the United Kingdom 
following the end of the transition period can also be found at https://www.gov.uk/transition . 
 
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4 Some European Union law was retained in UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 
2018 and the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020, with minor modifications to ensure operability.  WT/BISD/2021  
 
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 ACCESSIONS  
 
 
ACCESSION OF TURKMENISTAN¶ 
REQUEST FOR ACCESSION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XII  
(WT/ACC/TKM/1  – WT/MIN(21)/7 ) 
 
 The Director -General re ceived the following communication, dated 22 November 2021 , from 
the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan.  
_______________  
 
 
 On behalf of the Government  of Turkmenistan,  I have the honour  to submit Turkmenistan's 
application for accession to the World Trade  Organization  (WTO),  pursuant  to Article  XII of the 
Marrakesh  Agreement  Establishing  the WTO.  
 
An overview of the economic policy and foreign trade regime  of Turkmenistan  is enclosed  
herewith.  
 
I would be grateful if this application could be placed before the  12th Ministerial Conference, 
as soon as possible, for consideration and  decision . 
 
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¶ See also Working Party on the Accession of Turkmenistan ( WT/ACC/TKM/2 , dated 23 March 2022).  WT/BISD/2021  
 
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 NON-APPLICATION OF MULTILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS  
BETWEEN PARTICULAR MEMBERS  
MARRAKESH AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION  
 
COMMUNICATION FROM MOROCCO  
(WT/L/1110 ) 
 
The following communication, date d 20 April 2021, from the delegation of Morocco to the 
Director -General, is being circulated to Members.  
 
_______________  
 
 
Reference is hereby made to communication L/6192 of 19 June 1987, in which the Government of 
Morocco notified its intention to invoke Article XXXV of the GATT in respect of Israel and South Africa, 
and communication L/7498 of 30  June 1994, in which it withdrew the invocation of this provision in 
respect of South Africa.  
  
Insofar as communication L/6192 is considered to have remai ned in effect in respect of Israel, the 
Kingdom of Morocco hereby notifies that it is withdrawing the invocation of Article XXXV of the GATT 
in respect of Israel as of 20 April 2021. The Kingdom of Morocco thus consents to the application of 
the WTO Agreem ent between the Kingdom of Morocco and Israel.  
 
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 WAIVERS  
In 2021, the General Council granted the following waivers from obligations under the WTO 
agreements.  
 
MEMBER(S)  TYPE  DECISION OF  EXPIRY  DOCUMENT(S)  
European Union  Application of 
Autonomous 
Preferential 
Treatment to the 
Western Balkans   28 July 2021  31 December 
2026 WT/L/1114  
China1 Introduction of 
Harmonized System 
2002 Changes into 
WTO Schedules of 
Tariff Concessions   23 November 
2021 31 December 
2022 WT/L/1124  
Argentina; Brazil; China; 
Dominican Republic; European 
Union; Malaysia; Philippines; 
and Thailand1 
 Introduction of 
Harmonized System 
2007 Changes into 
WTO Schedules of 
Tariff Concessions   23 November 
2021 31 December 
2022 WT/L/1125  
Argentina; Australia; Brazil;  
China; Colombia; Costa Rica; 
Dominican Republic; Ecuador; 
European Union; Guatemala; 
India; Kazakhstan; Korea, 
Republic of ; Malaysia; Mexico; 
New Zealand; Philippines; 
Russian Federation; Singapore; 
Switzerland; Thailand; and 
United States1 Introduction of 
Harmonized System 
2012 Changes into 
WTO Schedules of 
Tariff Concessions   23 November 
2021 31 December 
2022 WT/L/1126  
Argentina; Australia; Brazil;  
Canada; China; Colombia; 
Costa Rica; Dominican 
Republic; Ecuador; El  Salvador; 
European Union; Guatemala; 
Hong Kong, China; India; 
Israel; Kazakhstan; Korea, 
Republic of ; Macao, China; 
Montenegro; New Zealand; 
Norway; Pakistan; Paraguay; 
Philippines; Russ ian Federation; 
Switzerland; Separate Customs 
Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, 
Kinmen and Matsu; Thailand; 
United  States; Uruguay1 Introduction of 
Harmonized System 
2017 Changes into 
WTO Schedules of 
Tariff Concessions  23 November 
2021 31 December 
2022 WT/L/1127  
Cuba Article XV:6  23 November 
2021 31 December 
2026 WT/L/11 28 
 
For a list of waivers granted by the General Council in 202 1, as well as waivers previously granted 
and still in force in 2021, see WT/GC/W/840 .
 
1 Also any other Member may qualify under paragraph b) of the waiver decision.  
 
 
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 WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT REPORTS, AND ARBITRATION AWARDS AND DECISIONS  
2021 
The table below lists all WTO dispute settlement reports, and arbitration awards and decisions 
circulated in 2021. The full table of all reports, awards, and decisions circulated to Members can be 
found on the WTO website at: https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/citations_e.doc . The 
full texts of WTO dispute settlement  reports , and arbitration awards and decisions are published in 
the WT/DS/  document series. The  reports , and the arbitration awards and decisions  are a lso 
publish ed in the WTO Dispute Settlement Reports (DSR)  publication  series.   
 
SHORT TITLE  REPORTS, AWARDS AND DECISIONS  
Canada – Wine (Australia)  Panel Report, Canada – Measures Governing the Sale of Wine , WT/DS537/R , 
25 May 2021, mutually agre ed solution  reported  
India – Sugar and Sugarcane 
(Australia)  Panel Report, India – Measures Concerning Sugar and Sugarcane, WT/DS580/R  
and Add.1, circulated to WT O Members 14 December 2021  
India – Sugar and Sugarcane 
(Brazil)  Panel Report, India – Measures Concerning Sugar and Sugarcane, WT/DS579/R  
and Add.1, circulated to WTO Members 14 December 2021  
India – Sugar and Sugarcane 
(Guatemala)  Panel Report, India – Measures Concerning Sugar and Sugarcane, WT/DS581/R  
and Add.1, circulated to WTO Members 14 December 2021  
Morocco – Definitive AD 
Measures on Exercise Books 
(Tunisia)  Panel Report, Morocco – Definitive Anti -Dumping Measures on School Exercise 
Books from Tunisia , WT/DS578/R  and Add.1, circulated to WTO Members 
27 July 2021 
Pakistan – BOPP Film (UAE)  Panel Report, Pakistan – Anti-Dumping Measures on Biaxially Oriented 
Polypropylene Film from the United  Arab Emirates , WT/DS538/R  and Add.1, 
circulated to WTO Members 18  January  2021 
US – Anti-Dumping and 
Countervailing Duties 
(Korea)  Panel Report, United States – Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties on 
Certain Products and the Use of Facts Available , WT/DS539/R  and Add.1, 
circulated to WTO Members 21  January  2021 
US – Ripe Olives from Spain  Panel Report, United States – Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties on Ripe 
Olives from Spain , WT/DS577/R  and Add.1, adopted  20 December 2021  
US – Safeguard Measure on 
PV Products (China)  Panel Report, United  States – Safeguard Measure on Imports of Crystalline 
Silicon Photovoltaic Products , WT/DS562/R  and Add.1, circulated to WTO 
Members 2  September  2021 
  WT/BISD/2021  
 
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 OTHER DECISIONS, REPORTS AND SELECTED DOCUMENTS  
NOT REPRODUCED* 
General Council  
Annual report (2021)  ................................ ................................ .........  WT/GC/242  and Add.1   
Appointment  of officers to WTO bodies, Report s by the Chair,  
8 October  and 23 November  2021 ................................  WT/GC/M/193 , Item 13  – JOB/GC/277  
WT/GC/M/194 , Item 21.1  – JOB/GC/285  
Minutes of the meetings held  on 15 February, 1 -2 and 4 March, 5 -6 May,  
27-28 July, 7 -8 October , 22-23 November , and 15 December 2021  .... WT/GC/M/189 , 190, 191, 
192 and Corr.1 , 193, 194, and 195 
Reports and concluding remarks by the Chair of the Genera l Council at the Heads of Delegation  
meetings held on 25 October and 2 December 2021  .......................  JOB/GC/279  – JOB/TNC/99  
JOB/GC/288  – JOB/TNC/101  
Waivers – 1995-2020,  Note by the Secretariat  .........................  WT/GC/W/718/Rev.1  and Corr.1   
Waivers – 2021, Note by the Secretariat  ................................ ..........................  WT/GC/W/840  
 
 
Appointment of the Dir ector -General  
Minutes of the General Council meeting held in virtual format on 15 February 2021,  
including statements by delegations  ................................ .............  WT/GC/M/189  and Annex  
Statement of t he Director -General elect  Dr. Ngozi Okonjo -Iweala to the special session  
of the WTO General Council  held on 15 February 2021  ................................ ...... JOB/GC/250  
Statement by Dr. Ngozi Okonjo -Iweala  during her first meeting of the General Council  
as WTO Director -General  held on 1 -2 and 4 March 2021  ...................  WT/GC/M/190 , Annex 1  
 
 
Twelfth session of the Minist erial Conference  
Consultations on MC12 outcome document ,  
Communication from the Chair of the General C ouncil  .................  RD/GC/17 , Rev.1  and Rev.2  
Heads of Delegation meeting, 2 December 2021  ..........................  JOB/GC/288  – JOB/TNC/101  
Informal Heads of Delegation, 25 October 2021,   
MC12 October stocktake  ................................ ...........................  JOB/GC/279  – JOB/TNC/99  
Preparations for the Twelfth session of the  Ministerial Conference , MC12 outcome document , 
Reports by the Chair at the General Council meetings held on  
7 October and 22 November 2021  ............................  WT/GC/M/193 , Item 5.1 – JOB/GC/274  
WT/GC/M/194 , Item 7.1 – JOB/GC/282  
Preparations for the Twelfth session of the  Ministerial Conference , 
Statement by the Chair of the General Council at the General Council meeting  
held on 27  July 2021  ................................ .................  WT/GC/M/192 , Item 7 – JOB/GC/268  
Report by the Chair of the General Council at the Informal General Council meeting  
held on 28 May 2021  ................................ ................................ ...................  JOB/GC/259  
Statement by the Chair of the Twelfth Session of the Ministerial Conference at the formal 
meeting of the General Council held on 22  November 2021  ...............  WT/GC/M/1 94, Annex 1  
Statements by the Chair of the General Council at the informal General Council meetings  
held on 30 March and 22 June 2021  ................................ ...................  JOB/GC/254  and 262 
Statements by the Director -General at the informal Gene ral Council meetings  
held on 30 March and 28 May 2021  ................................ ....................  JOB/GC/255  and 260  
Twelfth session of the Ministerial Conference,  
Communication s from Kazakhstan  ................................ ......................  WT/GC/229  and 239 
Twelfth session of the Ministerial Conference, Date and venue  ...............  WT/GC/M/190 , Item 4  
 
* For most categories, the documents are listed in the alphabetical order of their titles.  
Notifications by the Director -General as WTO depositary are not referenced. These depositary notifications 
are available in the WT/Let/  document series, and are compiled in relation to each WTO agreement in the 
Status  of WTO Legal Instruments  publication.  WT/BISD/202 1 
 
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 WTO response to the pandemic and proposal for a TRIPS waiver  
Contributions to the multilateral process on the WTO response  
to the pandemic  ................................ ................................ ............  WT/GC/M/192 , Item 8  
Facilitator -led process on the WTO response to COVID -19 and  better preparedness for  
future pandemics , Overview of global cooperative initiatives on the  response to COVID -19 and 
future pandemics , Information note from the Secretariat  ................................ ..... RD/GC/15  
Report by the Facilitator of the Multilateral process on the WTO response  
to the pandemic at the i nformal Heads  of Delegation  meeting  
held on 25 October 2021  ................................ ..........................  JOB/GC/279  – JOB/TNC/99  
Status reports  on the considerations by the TRIPS Council on the  
"Proposal for a waiver from certain provisions of the TRIPS Agreement  
for the prevention, containment and treatment of COVID -19",  
Statements by the Chair of the Council for TRIPS  ...........................  WT/GC/M/190 , Item  6.1; 
WT/GC/M/191 , Item  4.1; WT/GC/M/192 , Item  4.1;  
WT/GC/M/193 , Item 4.1 ; and WT/GC/M/194 , Item 6.4  
Waiver from certain provisions of the TRIPS Agreement for the prevention,  
containment and treatment of COVID -19 ..................  IP/C/W/669/Add.7 , 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,  
14, 15, and 16; IP/C/W/669/Rev.1 , Add.1 , Add.2 , and Add.3 ; and IP/C/W/669/Add.3  
WTO response to COVID -19 and better preparedness for future pandemics , 
Compilation of the elements gleaned in the consultations  ................................ ..... RD/GC/14  
WTO response to the pandemic , Reports by the Facilitator at the General Council meetings  
held on 27 July, 7 October, and 22 November 2021  .... WT/GC/M/192 , Item 7.1 – JOB/GC/269 ;  
WT/GC/M/193 , Item 5.3 – JOB/GC/273 ; and WT/GC/M/194 , Item 7.2 – JOB/GC/281  
 
 
Implementation of the Bali, Nairobi and Buenos Aires outcomes  
Implementation  of the Bali, Nairobi and Buenos Aires outcomes,  
Statements by the Chair  ................................ ............ WT/GC/M/190 , Item 2 – JOB/GC/252 ; 
WT/GC/M/191 , Item 2 – JOB/GC/258 ; WT/GC/M/192 , Item 2 – JOB/GC/266 ; 
WT/GC/M/193 , Item 2 – JOB/GC/273 ; and WT/GC/M/194 , Item 2 – JOB/GC/283  
 
 
Work programme on e -comme rce 
Informal open -ended meeting of the General Council on the work programm e 
on e-commerce, 29 April 2021, Statement by the General Council Chair  ..............  JOB/GC/257  
Communication from India and South Africa,  
Draft ministerial decision  .......................  WT/GC/W/838 , Rev.1  and Rev.2  – WT/MIN(21)/W/8  
Communication from various Members,  
Draft ministerial decision  ............  WT/GC/W/831  and Rev.1 , 2, 3, 4, and 5 – WT/MIN(21)/W/7  
Reports by the Chair  at the General Council meetings held on 27 July, 7 October,  
and 22 November 2021  ................................ .............  WT/GC/M/192 , Item 5 – JOB/GC/267 ;  
WT/GC/M/193 , Item 5.2 – JOB/GC/275 ; and WT/GC/M/194 , Item 8.1 – JOB/GC/284  
 
 
Dispute Settlement Body  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ ........................  WT/DSB/83  
Minutes of the meetings held on 25 January, 22 February, 26 March, 28 April, 28 May,  
28 June, 26 July, 30 August, 27 September, 26 October, 29 November ,  
and 20 December 202 1 ................................ .........  WT/DSB/M/448 , 449, 450, 451, 452, 453,  
454, 455, 456, 457, 458, and 459 
Indicative  list of governmental  
and non-governmental panelists  ................................ ...... WT/DSB/44/Rev.52 , 53, 54, and 55 
 
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 Trade Policy Review Body  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ .......................  WT/TPR/471  
Overview of developments in the international t rading environment , 
Annual report by the Director -General  
(mid-October 2020 to mid -October 202 1) ............................  WT/TPR/OV/24 , Add.1  and Corr.1  
Programme of reviews for 2021,  
Note by t he Chair  ................  WT/TPR/447/Rev.2/Corr.1 , Rev.3 , Rev.4 , Rev.5 , Rev.6 , and Rev.7  
Programme of reviews for 2022, No te by the Chair  ................................  WT/TPR/462  and Rev.1  
Report of the Trade Policy Review Body from the Director -General on trade -related developments  
(mid-October 20 20 to mid -May 202 1) ............................  WT/TPR/OV/W/15 , Corr.1  and Corr.2  
 
 
Trade Policy Reviews  
Argentina  ..................  WT/TPR /G/412/ , WT/TPR/M/412/ , WT/TPR/S/412/ , and WT/TPR/W/194/  
Kingdom  of Bahrain  ................................ ......................  WT/TPR/G/419 / and WT/TPR/S/419/  
China  ........................  WT/TPR/W/198/ , WT/TPR/G/415/ , WT/TPR/M/415/ , and WT/TPR/S/415/   
Georgia  ................................ ................................ ....... WT/TPR/G/420 / and WT/TPR/S/420 / 
India ................................ ................  WT/TPR/W/185/ , WT/TPR/M/403/ , and WT/TPR/S/403/  
Indonesia  ................................ ...........  WT/TPR/G/401/ , WT/TPR/M/401/ , and WT/TPR/S/401/  
Korea , Republic of  ...... WT/TPR/W/197/ , WT/TPR/G/414/ , WT/TPR/M/414/ , and WT/TPR/S/414/  
Kyrgyz  Republic  .........  WT/TPR/W/193/ , WT/TPR/G/411/ , WT/TPR/M/411/ , and WT/TPR/S/411/  
Macao , China  ................................ ..............................  WT/TPR/M/402/  and WT/TPR/S/402/  
Mauritius  ................................ ................................ ..... WT/TPR/G/417/  and WT/TPR/S/417/  
Mongolia  ...................  WT/TPR/W/189/ , WT/TPR/G/406/ , WT/TPR/M/406/ , and WT/TPR/S/406/  
Myanmar  ................................ ...........  WT/TPR/W/187/ , WT/TPR/M/405/ , and WT/TPR/S/405/  
Nicaragua  ........................  WT/TPR/G/404/ , WT/TPR/M/404/ , WT/TPR/S/404/ , WT/TPR/W/186/  
Oman  ................................ ................................ .........  WT/TPR/G/418 / and WT/TPR/S/418/  
Panama  ................................ ................................ ...... WT/TPR/G/421 / and WT/TPR/S/421 / 
Qatar  ........................  WT/TPR/W/190/ , WT/TPR/G/408/ , WT/TPR/M/408/ , and WT/TPR/S/408 / 
Russian  Federation  ................................ .......................  WT/TPR/G/416/  and WT/TPR/S/416/  
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom  of ................................ .................  WT/TPR/W/188/ , WT/TPR/G/407/ ,  
WT/TPR/S/407/ , and WT/TPR/M/407/  
Singapore  ..................  WT/TPR/W/195/ , WT/TPR/G/413/ , WT/TPR/M/413 /, and WT/TPR/S/413/  
Tajikistan  ................................ ................................ .... WT/TPR/G/399/  and WT/TPR/S/399/  
Thailand  ................................ ................................ ..... WT/TPR/M/400/  and WT/TPR/S/400/  
Tonga  .......................  WT/TPR/W/191/ , WT/TPR/G/409/ , WT/TPR/M/409/ , and WT/TPR/S/409/  
Viet Nam ...................  WT/TPR/W/192/ , WT/TPR/G/410/ , WT/TPR/M/410/ , and WT/TPR/S/410/  
 
 
Council for Trade in Goods  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ ...........................  G/L/1418  
Minute s of the meetings held on 25 and 26 November 2020, 31 March and 1 April 2021,  
8 and 9 July , and 1 and 2 November  2021 .........................  G/C/M/138 , G/C/M/139  and Add.1 , 
G/C/M/140 , and G/C/M/141  
Report (2021) of the Independent Entity to the Council for Trade in Goods  ..................  G/L/1411  
Updating  of the listing of notification obligations and the compliance  therewith  
as set out in Annex III of the report  of the Working Group  
on notification obligations  and procedures  ................................ ....................  G/L/223/Rev.28  
 
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 Committee on Agriculture  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ .........................  G/L/1421  
Compilation  of ad hoc  reports on COVID -19 measures  
taken by Members in the agricultural sector, Note by the Secretariat  ........  G/AG/W/209/Rev.1  
Compilation of points raised by Members under the monitoring of the December 2015 
Ministerial Conference Decision on Export Competition  ......................  G/AG/W/211  and Add.1  
Compliance  with notification obligations,  
Note by the Secretariat  ................................ ...... G/AG/GEN/86/Rev.41 , Rev.42 , and Rev.43  
Export  subsides , export credits, export credit guarantees or insurance programmes, 
International food aid and agricultural exporting state trading enterprises,  
Background document by the Secretariat  ............................  G/AG/W/125/Rev.14  and Corr.1 ,  
Add.1 , Add.2  and Corr.1 , Add.3 , and Add.4 ,  
G/AG/W/12 5/Rev.15  and Add.1 , Add.2 , Add.3 , and Add.4  
List of outstanding  responses to questions raised under the review process  
of the Committee on Agriculture,  
Meetings during 2013 -2020 ................................ ....... G/AG/W/204/Rev.2 , Rev.3 , and Rev.4  
Points raised by Members under the review process,  
Compilation of questions for the meetings,  
Note by the Secretariat  ................................ ...........................  G/AG/W/210 , 212, and 213 
Responses to points raised by Members  under the review process,  
Compilation  of respon ses to questions raised during the Committee  
on Agriculture meetings in 2019 and 2020 .............................  G/AG/W/215  and G/AG/W/216  
Review  of the operation of the Bali Decision on TRQ administration,  
Report by the Chair to the General Council  ................................ ...........................  G/AG/32  
Review  of the operation of the Bali decis ion on TRQ administration,  
Extension of deadline  for a decision on paragraph 4 of  
the underfill mechanism  ............................  WT/GC/M/194 , Item 4  and WT/GC/M/195 , Item 1  
Summary  reports  of the meeting s held on 29-30 March, 17-18 June , and 23 -24 September 
2021, Note by the Secretariat  ................................ ...........  G/AG/R/98 , 99, and G/AG/R/100  
Trends  in world agricultural trade – 25 years of the Agre ement on Agriculture (AoA ), 
Note by the Secretariat  ................................ ................................ ....... WT/INF/224/Rev.2  
 
 
Committee on Anti -Dumping Practices  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ ........  G/ADP/28  – G/L/1415  
Minutes of the regular meeting s held on 28 April and 27 October 2021  ....... G/ADP/M/59  and 60 
Competent authorities, Notification s pursuant to  
Article 16.5 of the Agreement  ............................  G/ADP/N/14/Add.55  – G/SCM/N/18/Add.55  
Reports under Article 16.4 of the Agreement,  
Note by the Secretariat  (December 2020 – December 2021 ) ...................  G/ADP/N/351 , 352,  
353 and Corr.1 , 354, 355, 356, 358, 
359 and Corr.1 , 360, 361, 362, 363, and 365 
 
 
Committee on Customs  Valuation * 
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ .........................  G/L/1410  
Annual report of the Independent Entity (2021)  ................................ .....................  G/L/1411  
Minutes of the meeting s held on 18 October 2020,  
and 27 May  and 25 October 2021  ........................  G/VAL/M/70/Corr.1 , 71 and Corr.1, and 72 
Fifth Review of the Agre ement on Preshipment Inspection,  
Background note by the Secretariat  ................................ ................................ ... G/L/1409  
 
* Including issues relating to preshipment inspection.  WT/BISD/2021  
 
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 Information on the application of the decisions on the treatment of interest charges in the 
customs value of imported goods and on the valuation of carrier media bearing software for 
data processing equipment, Note by t he Secretariat  ...............  G/VAL/W/5 /Rev.33  and Rev.34  
Notifications under Article 5 of the Agreement  
on Preshipment Inspection  ................................ .......................  G/PSI/N/1/Rev.5  and Add.1  
Preshipment Inspection, Note by the Secretariat  ................................ ..... G/VAL/W/63/Rev.26  
Status of notifications of national legislation on customs valuation  and responses  
to the checklist of issues, Note by the Secretariat  ...............  G/VAL/W/232/Rev.13  and Rev.14  
Twenty -seventh annual review of the implementation an d operation  
of the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the GATT 1994  ......................  G/VAL/78  
 
 
Committee on Import  Licensing  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ .........................  G/L/1406  
Minutes of the meeting s held on 21 April and 8 October 2021  ....................  G/LIC/M/5 2 and 53 
Consolidated  paper  of written questions and replies submitted to  
the Committee on Import Licensing since 1995  ..............  G/LIC/W/51/Rev.4 , Rev.5  and Corr.1  
 
 
Committee on Market  Access  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ .........................  G/L/1407  
Minutes  of the meetings held on 12 and 16 November 2020 , 
and 29-30 April  and 11 October  2021 ..............  G/MA/M/73  and Corr.1 , 74, and 75 and Corr.1  
Factual  report on the status of renegotiations under Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994,  
Report by the Secretariat  ................................ ................................ ... G/MA/W/123/Rev.8  
Feedback  session on the WTO data dissemination and online tools,  
Second feedback session, Summary by the Secretariat  ...........................  G/MA/W/144/Add.1  
International  convention  on the harmonized commodity description and coding system,  
Changes in t he harmonized system to be introduced on 1 January 2022  .... G/MA/W/16 3/Add.1  
List of Members' official websites with tariff information and import statistics,  
Reports by the Secretariat  ..............................  G/MA/IDB/W/13/Rev.4  and Corr.1 , and Rev.5  
List o f notifications and communications relating to the COVID -19 pandemic,  
Report by the Secretariat  ................................ ....................  G/MA/W/157/Rev.2  and Rev.3  
Quantitative  restrictions: factual information on notifications received,  
Report by the Secretariat  ................................ ... G/MA/W/114/Rev.3 , and Corr.1  and Corr.2  
Situation  of schedules of WTO Members,  
Note by the Secretariat  ................................ ....................... G/MA/W/23/Rev.17  and Corr.1  
Statu s of HS transpositions, Report by the Secretariat  ...............  G/MA/W/158/Rev.2  and Rev.3  
Status of notifications under the Decision on notification procedures  for quantitative restrictions 
(G/L/59/Rev.1),  Report by the Secretariat  ................................ ......................  G/MA/QR/11  
Status of submissions to the Integrated Data Base (IDB),  
Note by the Secretariat  ................................ .....................  G/MA/IDB/2/Rev.53  and Rev.54  
Summary of notified export restrictions  and trade facilitating measures relating to the 
COVID -19 pandemic , Report by the Secretariat  ....................  G/MA/W/168 , Corr.1 , and Rev.1  
 
 
Committee on Rules of Origin  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ .........................  G/L/1405  
Minutes of the meeting s held on 20 May and 14 October 2021  ....................  G/RO/M/76  and 77 
Report to the General Council on preferential rules of origin  
for least developed countries (2021)  ................................ ................................ ... G/RO/94  
Twenty -seventh annual  review of the implementation and operation  
of the Agreement  on Rules of Origin, Note by the Secretariat  ................................ .. G/RO/93  
Utilization of trade preferences by least developed countries: 2015 -2019 patterns and trends, 
Note by the Secretariat  ................................ ................................ ...............  G/RO/W/204  WT/BISD/202 1 
 
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 Committee on Safeguards  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ ........  G/L/1417  – G/SG/267  
Minutes of the meeting s held on 26 April  and 25 October 2021  ...................  G/SG/M/58  and 59 
 
 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  
Annual rep ort (2021)  ................................ ................................ ..........  G/L/1413  and Rev.1  
Annual overview, Implementation of SPS  transparency provisions and specific trade concerns, 
Note by the Secretariat  ................................ ..............  G/SPS/GEN/804/Rev.13  and Corr.1 – 
G/SPS/GEN/2 04/Rev.21  and Corr.1  
Annual report on the implementation of Article 6 of the Agreement  on the application   
of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures,  Note by the Secretariat  .................  G/SPS/GEN/1908  
Annual report  on the procedure to monitor the process  of international harmonization,  
Note by the Secretariat   ................................ ................................ ........  G/SPS/GEN/1909  
Annual report  on the use of the procedure to encourage and facilitate  the resolution   
of specific sanitary or phytosanitary issues  among Members  
in accordance with Article 12.2 (G/SPS/61),  Note by the Secretariat  ............  G/SPS/GEN/1954  
Collection of resources to facilitate implementation of national SPS coordination mechanisms,  
Note by the Secretariat , Revision  ................................ ...................  G/SPS/GEN/1850 /Rev.1  
SPS technical  assistance  and training activities, 1 September 1994 to 31 December 2020,  
Note by the Secretariat  ................................ ................................  G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.1 6 
SPS technical assistance activities in 2021: General information, selection process and 
application form, Note by the Secretariat  ................................ ........  G/SPS/GEN/997/Rev.1 1 
Summary of the m eetings  held on 25 -26 March , 14-16 July and 3-5 November 202 1,  
Note by the Secretariat  ................................ . G/SPS/R/101  and Corr.1 , 102, 104 and Corr.1  
Unofficial  room document, SPS Committee thematic session  
on African swine fever  ................................ ................................ ..................  RD/SPS/132  
Unofficial  room document, SPS Committee thematic session on the procedure to m onitor the 
process of international harmonization  ................................ ...........................  RD/SPS/165  
Unofficial  room document, SPS Committee workshop on risk analysis: risk assessment, 
management, and communication  ................................ ................................ . RD/SPS/147  
Update on the Standards  and Trade Development Facility,  
Note by the Secretariat  ................................ .................  G/SPS/GEN/1881 , 1925, and 1959 
 
 
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ ...... G/L/1414  – G/SCM/159  
Minutes of the regular meeting s  
held on 27 April and 26 October 2021 ................................ ..............  G/SCM/M/115  and 117 
Minutes of the special meeting s  
held on 27 April and 26 October 2021 .............................  G/SCM/M/114  and Corr.1 , and 116 
Annex VII(b) of the Agreement on Sub sidies and Countervailing Measures,  
Updating GNP per capita for Members listed in Annex VII(b)  
as foreseen in paragraph  10.1 of the Doha Ministerial Decision  
and in accordance with the methodology in G/SCM/38 , 
Note by the Secretariat  ................................ ................................ ...... G/SCM/110/Add.18  
Competent  authorities, Notifications pursuant to  
Article 25.12 of the  Agreement  ...........................  G/ADP/N/14/Add.55  – G/SCM/N/18/Add.55  
GNP per capita calculations for all WTO Members using the methodology  
in G/SCM/38  ................................ ................................ ............................  G/SCM/W/585  
Reports under Article 25.11 of the Agreement (January 2021 – December 2021),  
Notes by the Secretariat  .......................  G/SCM/N/374 , 375, 376, 377 and Corr.1  and Corr.2 , 
378, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, and 387 
 
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 Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ .........................  G/L/1420  
Minutes of the meeting s held on 24 -26 February , 2-4 and 9 June and 10 -12 November  2021, 
Notes by the Secretariat  ................................ ..............................  G/TBT/M/83 , 84, and 85 
"Elements Paper", Draft elements for the non -prescriptive practical guidelines to support 
regulators in the choice and design of appropriate and proportionate conformity assessment 
procedures, Note by the Secretariat  ................................ ..............................  JOB/TBT/438  
Informal meeting held on 8 December 2020, Conformity assessment procedures, COVID -19 
information sharing and workshop on the role of gender in the development of standards, 
Chair's report  ................................ ................................ .............................  JOB/TBT/395  
Ninth triennial review of the operation and implementation of the Agreement on Technical 
Barriers to Trade under Article  15.4,  
First, Second, and Revised Drafts  .......................  JOB/TBT/413 , and Rev.1 , Rev.2 , and Rev.3  
Overview of proposal s received to date for the ninth triennial rev iew, 
Note by the Secretariat  ................................ ................................ ...............  JOB/TBT/40 1 
Thematic session on transparency, held on 4 February 2021, Chair's report  ...... G/TBT/GEN/312  
 
 
Committee on Trade Facilitation  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ .........  G/L/1416  and Corr.1  
Minutes of the meetings held on 26-27 January, 3 -4 March,  
22-23 April, 22-23 June, and 19-20 July 2021  ......................  G/TFA/M/14 , 15, 16, 17, and 18 
Calendar for the review of the Trade Facilitation Agreement  
foreseen under Article 23.1.6 of the Agreement  ................................ .....................  G/TFA/1  
Compendium, Sharing experience related to the COVID -19 crisis  
as of 1 July 2021  ................................ ....... G/TFA/W/40  and Rev.1 , Rev.2 , Rev.3 , and Rev.4  
First review of the operation and implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement  .... G/TFA/2  
Trade Facilitation Agreement's definitive implementation dates covering the period  
1 May 2021  to 31 December 202 2 ................................ ................................ . G/TFA/INF/1  
Trade Facilitation Agreem ent's definitive implementation dates covering the period  
1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023  ................................ ... G/TFA/INF/1/Rev.1  and Corr.1  
Report s by the Trade Facilitation Agreement Facility  
to the Trade Facilitation Committee meetings  
held on 22-23 April , 22-23 June , and 19 -21 October  2021 ................  G/TFA/W/37 , 43, and 66 
Report s by the ITC and the Annex D partner organizations to the Trade Facilitation Committee 
meeting s held on 22-23 April and 19-21 October 2021  ............   G/TFA/M/39  and G/TFA/W/67  
 
 
Committee on Trade -Related Investment Measures  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ .... G/L/1404  – G/TRIMS/11  
Minutes of the meetings held on 23 March and 12 October 2021  ............  G/TRIMS/M/49  and 50 
Notifications under Article 6.2 of the TRIM s Agreement  
of publications  in which TRIMs may be found  ...... G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.30  and Add.1 , and Rev.31  
 
 
Committee  of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ .........................  G/L/1412  
Minutes of the meeting s  
held on 15 Ap ril, 17 September , and 17 November  2021 ......................  G/IT/M/73 , 74 and 75 
Minutes of the special meeting held o n 17 November 2021  ................................ ..... G/IT/M/75  
EMC/EMI pilot project, Draft list of types of conformity assessment procedures  
for EMC/EMI use by ITA participants ................................ ......................  G/IT/W/17/Rev.28  
 
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 Working Party  on State Trading Enterprises  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ ........  G/L/1403  – G/STR/28  
Minutes of the meetings held on 3 May and 5 October 2021  .......................  G/STR/M/38  and 39 
Status of notifications  submitted by WTO Members under Article X VII:4(a) of the GATT 1994 
and paragraph 1 of the Understanding on the Interpretation  
of Article XVII of the GATT 1994  ................................ ................................ ........  G/STR/27  
 
 
Council for Trade in Services  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ ..............................  S/C/62  
Reports of the meetings held on 5 March, 1 July,  
and 22 October 2021  ................................ ................................ ... S/C/M/145 , 146, and 147 
Contact and enquiry  points notified to the Council for Trade in Services,  
Note by the Secret ariat ................................ ................................ ...........  S/ENQ/78/Rev.21  
 
 
Committee on Specific  Commitments  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ .........................  S/CSC/27  
Reports of the meetings held on 10 March, 29 June,  
and 18 October 2021  ................................ ................................ .. S/CSC/M/85 , 86, and 87 
Compilation of conditional commitments in GATS schedules,  
Note by the Secretariat  ................................ ........................  S/CSC/W/70/Rev.1  and Rev.2  
 
 
Committee on Trade in F inancial Services  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ ..........................  S/FIN/ 36 
 
 
Working Party on GATS Rules  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ ......................  S/WPGR/32  
 
 
Working Party on Domestic Re gulation  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ ......................  S/WPDR/2 5 
Report of the meeting held on 30 June 2021 ................................ ...................  S/WPDR/M/77  
 
 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ .............................  IP/C/92  
Minutes of the meetings held on 23 Februa ry, 10 -11 March, 30 April, 8-9 and 2 9 June,  
20 July, 4, 13 and 14 October, 5, 18 and 29 November,  
and 16 December 2021  ............................  IP/C/M/97  and Add.1 , 98 and Add.1 , 99 and Add.1 , 
100 and Add.1 , 101 and Add.1 , 102, and 103 and Add.1  and Rev.1  
Annual report on notifications and other information flows , 
Note by the Secretariat  ................................ ................................ ...................  IP/C/W/676  
Annual  review of the special compulsory licensing system,  
Report to the General Council  ................................ ................................ ................  IP/C/90  
Proposal for a Decision on an eighth extension of the period  
for the acceptance by members of the Protocol amending the TRIPS A greement  ...........  IP/C/89  
Reports by the Chair at the General Council meetings held on 2 March, 5 May, 27 July,  
7 October, and 22 November  ....................  WT/GC/M/190 , Item 6.1, WT/GC/M/191 , Item 4.1,  
WT/GC/M/192  and Corr. 1 , Item 4.1, WT/GC/M/193 , Item 4.1,  
and WT/GC/M/194 , Items 6.1 , 6.2, and 6.4  WT/BISD/2021  
 
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 Report by the Chair at the Heads of Delegation meeting  
held on 2 December 2021  ................................ .........................  JOB/GC/288  – JOB/TNC/101  
Report by the Chair at t he informal Heads  of Delegation  meeting  
held on 25 October 2021  ................................ ............................  JOB/GC/279  – JOB/TNC/99  
TRIPS non -violation and situation complaints, Draft ministerial decision  ............  WT/MIN(21)/W/4  
WTO Secretariat  technical cooperation in the TRIPS area,  
Note by the Secretariat  ................................ ................................ ... IP/C/R/TC/WTO -OMC/2  
 
 
Other Regular WTO Bodies  
 
Committee on Balance -of-Payments Restrictions  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ .................  WT/BOP/R/119  
 
 
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ .....................  WT/BFA/201  
Annual report  on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight (OIO)  
(2020 -2021)  ................................ ................................ ...........................  WT/BFA/W/557  
Reports of the meetings held on 8 March, 19 April, 25 May, 22 June and 1 July,  12 July,  
23 September, 22 October,  and 4 November 2021 ....................  WT/BFA/193 , 194, 195, 196, 
197, 198 and Corr.1 , 199, and 200 
Coherence in the establishment and ma nagement of WTO trust funds  ..............  WT/BFA/W/541  
Enhancing strategic planning and horizontal coordination  
and output  reporting  in the WTO  ................................ ...............................  WT/BFA/W/548  
Extra budgetary funds reports (2021)  ................................ ...... WT/BFA/W/554 , 571, and 576 
LDC Ministerial Conference Trust Fund ................................ ..... WT/BFA/W/546 , 573, and 558 
Proposed financial regulation for continuation of operations  
pending t he approval of the budget  ................................ ...................  WT/BFA/W/507/Rev.2  
Proposed full text of the revised Financial Regulations of the WTO ...........  WT/BFA/W/568/Rev.1  
Proposed utilization of the budgetary surplus  ................................ ...... WT/BFA/565  and Rev.1  
Report s from the Chair of the Working Group on Coherence  
in Establishment and Management of WTO Trust Funds  .....................  WT/BFA/W/551  and 569 
Report of the independent external auditors on  the audit of the financial  
statements of the WTO for the year ended 31 December 2020  .......................  WT/BFA/W/561  
Report of the independent external auditors on the  follow -up to the  
external auditors' recommendations  ................................ ...........................  WT/BFA/W/562  
Request for the endorsement of the financial regulations  
whose revision was agreed in 2019  ................................ ............................  WT/BFA/W/559  
Review of the changes to the text of  Financial Regulation 23  
as presented in 2019  ................................ ................................ ...............  WT/BFA/W/572  
Secretariat's response s to external auditors' recommendations  ........................  WT/BFA/W/563  
Status of internal audit recommendations (March 2021)  ................................ .. WT/BFA/W/545  
Strategic facilities plan  ................................ ................................ ...............  WT/BFA/W/547  
Update on the pension  plan management board on recent activities,  
developments and challenges over the past several months ...........................  WT/BFA/W/550  
Update on the replacement of Documents Online (DOL)  ................................ .. WT/BF A/W/549  
Update on WTO medical insurance plan and ASHI liabilities  ..............................  WT/BFA/W/543  
WTO 2020 financial per formance report  ................................ .............  WT/BFA/560  and Rev.1  
WTO budget and finance reports (202 1) ............  WT/BFA/W/ 552, 560 and Rev.1 , 570, and 575 
WTO Pension Plan, Annual report and financial statements  
for the year  ending 31 December 2020  ................................ .............................  WT/L/1111  WT/BISD/202 1 
 
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 WTO Pension Plan, R eport of the independent external auditor on the audit  
of the financial statements of the World Trade Organization Pension Plan  
for the year ended 31  December 202 0 ................................ ..............  WT/L/1113  and Corr.1  
WTO Secretariat's learning and development programme 2019 & 2020  .............  WT/BFA/W/553  
2022-2023 WTO budget proposal  ................................ .................  WT/BFA/W/556  and Corr.1  
 
 
Committee on Regional Trade  Agreements  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ ......................  WT/REG/32  
Notes on the meetings held on 22 March, 21 June,  
and 1 November 2021  ................................ ...........................  WT/REG/M/99 , 100, and 101 
Implementation  of the RTA transparency mechanism,  Status of the preparation of factual 
presentations,  Background note by the Secretariat  ... WT/REG/W/158  and Rev.1 , 160, and 163 
List of RTAs which have appeared in factual presentations  
and have not yet been notified to the WTO  .............................  WT/REG/W/157 , 159, and 162 
Regional trade  agreements  subject to implementation reports,  
Updated as of 8 February 2021  ................................ ................................  WT/REG/W/156  
 
 
Consideration of RT As 
Agreement between Canada, Mexico and the United States  ..............................  WT/REG407/  
Comprehensive  and Progressive Agreement  
for Trans -Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)  ................................ ..........................  WT/REG395/  
Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Indonesia and Australia  
(Goods and Services)  ................................ ................................ ................  WT/REG446/  
Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Singapore  
(Goods and Services)  ................................ ................................ ................  WT/REG402/  
Free Trade Agreement between the European Un ion and Viet Nam  
(Goods and Services)  ................................ ................................ ................  WT/REG406/  
Free Trade Agreement between Peru and Australia (Goods and Services)  ...........  WT/REG404/  
 
 
Committee on Trade and Development  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ ................  WT/COMTD/101  
Notes on the meetings held  on 29 March, 28 June,  
and 10 November 2021  ................................ ...................  WT/COMTD/M/114 , 115, and 116 
Notes on t he meetings of the dedicated sessions  .... WT/COMTD/SE/M/40 , 41 and Corr.1 , and 42 
 
 
Aid-for-Trade Initiative  
Notes  on the meetings held on 16 February, 11 June,  
and 8 and 27 October 2021  ................................ ..........  WT/COMTD/AFT/M/51 , 52, and 53 
Aid-for-trade monitoring exercise - Empowering connected sustainable trade  
Addendum including partner, donor, regional economic community  
and South -South questionnaire   ................................ ...................  WT/COMTD/AFT/W/88/  
Sustainable  trade, Circular economy and Aid for Trade, 
An issues paper for the 2020 -2022 monitoring and evaluation exercise , 
Joint communication by the WTO and OECD  Secretariats  ..................  WT/COMTD/AFT/W/87  
Update on the standards and trade development facility , 
Note by the Secretariat  ................................ ................................  WT/COMTD/AFT/W/89  
 
 
Dedicated Session on Mon itoring Mechanism on Special and Differential Treatment  
Notes on the meetings  held on 28 June and  
10 November 2021  ................................ .......................  WT/COMTD/MMSDT/M/14  and 15 WT/BISD/2021  
 
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 Dedicated Session on Preferential Trade Arrangements  
Notes on the meeting s held on  29 March, 28 June,  
and 10 November 202 1 ................................ .....................  WT/COMTD/PTA/M/5 , 6, and 7 
Status of the work of the dedicated session , Status of the preparation of factual presentations , 
Report by the Chair ................................ ..........................  WT/COMTD/PTA/W/3 , 4, and 5 
 
 
Dedicated Session  on Regional Trade Agreements  
Notes on the meetings held on 29 March, 28 June,  
and 10 November 2021  ................................ ................  WT/COMTD/RTA/M/13 , 14, and 15 
Status of work of the Dedicated Session, Status of the preparation of factu al presentations , 
Report s by the Chair ................................ ........................  WT/COMTD/RTA/W/6 , 7, and 8 
 
 
Consideration  of RTAs  
Economic Complementary Agreement  between Mexico and Brazil (Goods)  . WT/COMTD/RTA7/  
Partial Scope Agreement between El Salvador and Cuba (Goods)  ...........  WT/COMTD/RTA20/  
Partial Scope Agreement between Mexico and Ecuador (Goods)  ...............  WT/COMTD/RTA3/  
Partial Scope Agreement between Mexico and Paraguay (Goods)  ..............  WT/COMTD/RTA4/  
Preferential Trad e Agreement  between Indonesia and Pakistan (Goods)  .. WT/COMTD/RTA12/  
Revised Treaty of Trade between India and Nepal (Goods)  ....................  WT/COMTD/RTA18/  
 
 
Dedicated Session  on the Work Programme on Small Economies  
Work programme on small economies, Draft ministerial decision  .................  WT/MIN(21)/W/3  
 
 
Sub-Committee on Least Developed Countries  
Notes on the meetings held on  19 April and 2 July 2021  ............  WT/COMTD/LDC/M/ 90 and 91 
Market access  for products and services of export interest to least developed countries,  
Note by the Secretariat  ................................ ................................  WT/COMTD/LDC/W/69  
 
 
Committee on Trade and Environment  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ ........  WT/CTE/28  and Rev.1  
Reports of the meetings held on 30 March, 23 June , 
and 12 October 2021  ................................ ................................  WT/CTE/M/71 , 72, and 73 
Environ mental database for 2019 , Note by the Secretariat  ..............................  WT/CTE/EDB/19  
Matrix on trade -related measures pursuant to selected  multilateral environmental agreements , 
Note by the Secretariat  ........  WT/CTE/W/160/Rev.9  and Corr.1  – TN/TE/S/5/Rev.7  and Corr.1  
 
 
Working Group on Trade, Debt and Finance  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ ..................  WT/WGTDF/20  
Reports of the meetings held  on 17 May, 23 September,  
and 1 November 2021  ................................ ..........................  WT/WGTDF/M/41 , 42, and 43 
 
 
Working Group on Trade and Transfer of Technology  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ ..................  WT/WGTTT/23  
Notes on the meetings he ld on 25 May and 4 October 2021  ................  WT/WGTTT/M/65  and 66 
 
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 Acces sions  
Annual report by the Direc tor-General ( 2020 and 2021)  ....................  WT/ACC/40  – WT/GC/243 ,  
WT/ACC/38  and Rev.1  – WT/GC/228  and Rev.1  
List of WTO accessions working party Chairs  ..............................  WT/ACC/18/Rev.16  and Rev.17  
Working Party on the accession of the Union of the Comoros,  
Membership and terms of reference  ................................ .... WT/ACC/COM/2/Rev.6  and Rev.7  
Working Party on the accession of Curaçao,  
Membership and terms of reference  ................................ ...................  WT/ACC/CUW/2/Rev.1  
Working Party on the accession of the Lebanese Republic,  
Membership and terms of reference  ................................ ..................  WT/ACC/LBN/2/Rev.22  
Working Party on the  accession of South Sudan,  
Membership and terms of reference  ................................ ....................  WT/ACC/SSD/2/Rev.2  
Working Party on the accession of Sudan,  
Membership and terms of reference  .....................  WT/ACC/SDN/1/Rev.11 , Rev.12 , and Rev.13  
Working Party on the accession of Timor -Leste,  
Membership and terms of reference  ................................ ....................  WT/ACC/TLS/2/Rev.4  
Working Party on the accession of Uzbekistan,  
Membership and terms of reference  ................................ ..................  WT/ACC/UZB/1/Rev.28  
 
 
Trade Negotiations Committee  
Report on informal  TNC and Heads of Delegation meetings  
held on 25 February 2021  ................................ ................................ . WT/GC/M/190 , Item 1  
Statement  by Deputy Director -General Alan Wolff – Chairing the meeting and representing all 
Deputy Directors -General at the informal TNC and Heads of Delegation meeting  
held on 25 February 2021  ................................ ...........  WT/GC/M/190 , Annex 2 – JOB/TNC/90  
Statements  by Members at the informal TNC and Heads of Delegation meeting  
held on 25 February 2021  ................................ ...............................  WT/GC/M/190 , Annex 3  
Minutes of the formal meeting held on 3 May 2021  ................................ .................  TN/C/M/40  
Opening statement  and summing up by the Dire ctor-General at the formal TNC meeting and 
informal Heads of Delegation meeting held on 3 May 2021  ................................ .. JOB/TNC/91  
Reports by the Chair of the TNC and by the Director -General  on the formal TNC meeting and 
informal Heads of Delegation meeting held on  3 May 2021  ....................  WT/GC/M/191 , Item 1  
Chair's statement at the i nformal TNC and informal Heads of Delegation meeting  
held on  25 June 2021  ................................ ................................ .....................  JOB/TNC/93   
Minutes of the formal meeting held on 15 July 2021  ................................ ...............  TN/C/M/41  
Chair's statement and Oral Reports by the Chairs of the Bodies established by the TNC and 
Statement by the General Council Chair at the informal TNC and informal Heads of Delegation 
meeting  held on 23 July 2021  ................................ ...... JOB/TNC/96  – WT/GC/M/192 , Annex 1  
Report by the Chair  of the TNC and Report by the Director -General on the informal meeting of 
the TNC and the informal Heads of Delegation meeting  
held on 23 July 2021  ................................ ....................  WT/GC/M/192 , Item 1 – JOB/GC/265  
Statements  by Members at the informal TNC and informal Heads of Delegation meetings  
held on 23 July 2021  ................................ ................................ ...... WT/GC/M/192 , Annex 2  
Chair's statement and Oral Reports by the Chairs of the Bodies established by the TNC and 
Statement by the General Council Chair at the informal TNC and Heads of Delegation meeting 
held on 30 September 2021  ................................ ........  JOB/TNC/98  – WT/GC/M/193 , Annex 2  
Statements  by Members at the informal TNC and informal Heads of Delegation  meetings  
held on 30 September 2021  ................................ ............................  WT/GC/M/193 , Annex 3  
Reports by the Chair of the TNC and by the Di rector -General at the meeting  of the  
General Council held on 8  October 2021  ..........................  WT/GC/M/193 , Item 1 – JOB/GC/276  
Report, Remarks, and Concluding Remarks by the Chair of the General Council and  
Report by the Director -General and Chair of the TNC at the Heads of Delegation  meeting  
held on 25 October 2021  ................................ ............................  JOB/TNC/99  – JOB/GC/279  
Minutes  of the formal meeting held on 19 November 2021 ................................ ....... TN/C/M/42  WT/BISD/2021  
 
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 Chair's statement and Oral Reports by the Chairs of the Bodies established by the TNC,  
and statement by the General Council Chair at the formal TNC  
and informal Heads of Delegation meeting held on 19 November 2021  .................  JOB/TNC/102  
Report s by the Chair of the TNC and by the Director -General at the meeting of the  
General Co uncil held on 22 -23 November 2021  ................  WT/GC/M/194 , Item 1 – JOB/GC/286  
Report and Concluding Remarks by the Chair of the General Council and  
Report by the Director -General  and Chair of the TNC at the Heads of Delegation  meeting  
held on 2 December 2021  ................................ .........................  JOB/TNC/101  – JOB/GC/288   
 
 
Committee on Agriculture in Special Session  
Oral report s by the Chair at the informal TNC 
and informal Heads of Delegation meeting s held on 25 February, 23 July , 
and 30 September 2021  ...............................  JOB/TNC/90 , Annex  – WT/GC/M/190 , Annex 2  
JOB/TNC/96 , Annex  – WT/GC/M/192 , Annex 1   
JOB/TNC/98 , Annex – WT/GC/M/193 , Annex 2  
Oral report by the Chair at the formal TNC and 
informal Heads  of Delegation meeting held on 19 November 2021  .....................  JOB/TNC/102  
Report by Ambassador Gloria Abraham Peralta,  
Chair of the Committee on Agriculture  in Special Session,  
to the formal TNC and informal Heads of Delegation meeting  
held on  3 May 2021  ................................ ................................ .....................  JOB/AG/194  
Report by the Chair at the i nformal Heads  of Delegation  meeting  
held on 25 October 2021  ................................ ..........................  JOB/TNC/99  – JOB/GC/279  
Report  by the Chair at the Heads of Delegation meeting  
held on 2 December 2021  ................................ .......................  JOB/TNC/101  – JOB/GC/288  
Compilation of facilitators'  reports  ................................ ................................ .... JOB/AG/201  
Way forward  towards MC12,  
Report by the Chair of the Committee on Agriculture  in Special Session  ...............  JOB/AG/202  
Draft Chair text on agriculture  ................................ ..........................  JOB/AG/215  and Corr.1  
Report by the Chair to the TNC, 19 Nov ember 2021  ................................ ..............  TN/AG/50  
 
 
Cotton  
 
Sub-Committee  on Cotton  
15th dedicated  discussion of the relevant trade -related developments for cotton,  
28 May 2021, Report by the Chair  ................................ ........  TN/AG/49  – TN/AG/SCC/17  
16th dedicated  discus sion of the relevant trade -related developments for cotton,  
4 November 2021, Report by the Chair  ................................ . TN/AG/51  – TN/AG/SCC/18  
Cotton, Background  Paper s by the Secretariat,  
Revision and Addenda  ................................ .... TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.14 , Add.1  and Add.2  –  
TN/AG/SCC/GE N/13/Rev.14 , Add.1  and Add.2 , 
TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.15 , Add.1  and Add.2  – 
TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.15 , Add.1  and Add.2  
Oral report s by the Chair at the formal TNC and informal Heads of Delegation meeting s 
held on 23 July  and 19 November 2021  ....... JOB/TNC/96 , Annex – WT/GC/M/192 , Annex 1   
JOB/TNC/98 , Annex – WT/GC/M/193 , Annex 2   
Oral report  by the Chair at the informal TNC and Heads of Delegation meeting  
held on 30 September 2021 ................................ ................................ ..... JOB/TNC/102  
Statements by the Chair of the General Council; H.E. Choguel Kokalla Maïga,  
Prime Minister of the Republic of Mali; H.E. Harouna Kabore, Minister of Commerce, 
Industry and Handicrafts of Burkina Faso; and the Director -General on the occasion  of 
World Cotton Day on 7 October 2021  ................................ .........  WT/GC/M/193 , Annex 1  
 WT/BISD/202 1 
 
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 Director -General's  Consultative Framework Mechanism on Cotton  
Beyond the fibre, Capturing cotton's full value in Africa  ..............................  WT/C FMC/W/90  
Cotton by -product  development in African LDCs,  Joint communication  
from the International Trade Centre (ITC)  and the United Nations Conference  
on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)  ................................ ...................  WT/C FMC/W/89  
Development  assistance aspects of cotton,  Ninth periodic report  
by the Director -General  ...........................  WT/GC/238  – WT/CFMC/DG/9  – WT/MIN(21)/5  
Evolving table on cotton development assistance,  
31st and 32nd version s ................................ ...................  WT/C FMC/6/Rev.30  and Rev.31  
Impact of the COVID -19 pandemic on cotton and its value chains:  
the case of the C-4 and other LDCs, 
Study by the Secretariat  ................................ .........  TN/AG/SCC/W/40  – WT/CFMC/W/97  
Implementation  of the  development assistance aspects  of the cotton -related discussions  
in the 2004 July package  and paragraph 12 of the Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration,  
Reports of the  35th and 36th round s of the Director -General's Consultative Framework 
Mechanism on Cotton  held on 27 May and  
3 November 2021  ................................ .....................  TN/AG/SCC/W/38  – WT/CFMC/65 ,  
TN/AG/SCC/W/41  – WT/CFMC/67  
Report on thematic  session on cotton by -products development in Least -Developed 
Countries (LDCs) , 28 May 2021  ................................ .... TN/AG/SCC/W/39  – WT/CFMC/66  
Table on domestic cotton sector reforms, Revision  .............................  WT/C FMC/21/Rev.18  
UN General Assembly Resolution adopted on 30 August 2021  
(A/RES/75/318)  ................................ ................................ .................  WT/C FMC/W/95  
 
 
Committee on Trade and Development in Special Session  
Note on the meeting held on 24 September 2021  ................................ .............  TN/CTD/M/56  
Oral report by the Chair at the informal TNC and Heads of Delegation meeting s held on  
25 February , 23 July, and 30 September 2021 .............  WT/GC/M/190 , Annex 2  – JOB/TNC/90  
JOB/TNC/96 , Annex  – WT/GC/M/192 , Annex 1  
JOB/TNC/98 , Annex – WT/GC/M/193 , Annex 2  
Report by the Chair at the i nformal Heads  of Delegation  meeting  
held on 25 October 2021  ................................ ..........................  JOB/GC/279  – JOB/TNC/99  
Report by the Chair at the formal TNC and informal  Heads of Delegation meeting  
held on 19 November 2021  ................................ ...................  JOB/TNC/102  and TN/CTD/35  
Report by the Chair at the Heads of Delegation meeting  
held on 2 December 2021  ................................ .......................  JOB/GC/288  – JOB/TNC/101  
 
 
Committee on Trade and  Environment in Special Session  
Matrix on trade -related measures pursuant to selected  multilateral environmental agreements , 
Note by the Secretariat  ........  WT/CTE/W/160/Rev.9  and Corr.1  – TN/TE/S/5/Rev.7  and Corr.1  
Report by the Chair at the informal TNC and informal Heads of Delegation meeting  
held on 23 July 2021  ................................ ................................ .......................  TN/TE/25  
Oral report by the Chair at the formal TNC and informal Heads of Delegation meeting  
held on 19 November 2021  ................................ ................................ ..........  JOB/TNC/102  
Report by the Chair to the TNC held on  19 November 2021  ................................ ..... TN/TE/26  
 
 WT/BISD/2021  
 
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 Council for Trade in Services in Special Session  
Report by the Chair at the informal  TNC and informal  Heads of Delegation meeting s  
held on 3 May , 23 July and 30 September 2021  .....................  JOB/SERV/307 , 310, and 312 – 
JOB/TNC/96 , Annex , and JOB/TNC/98 , Annex  – 
WT/GC/M/192 , Annex 1 , and WT/GC/M/193 , Annex 2 
Report by the Chair at the i nformal Heads  of Delegation  meeting  
held on 25 October 2021  ................................ ..........................  JOB/GC/279  – JOB/TNC/99  
Oral report  by the Chair at the formal TNC and inf ormal Heads of Delegation meeting  
held on 19 November 2021  ................................ ................................ ..........  JOB/TNC/102  
Report by the Chair at the TNC meeting held on  19 November  2021 ...........................  TN/S/42  
Report by the Chair at the Heads of Delegation meeting  
held on 2 December 2021  ................................ .......................  JOB/GC/288  – JOB/TNC/101  
Summary by the Chair of the informal  meeting held on 18 March, 30 June,  
22 September , and 26 October and 1 November 2021  ....... JOB/SERV/306 , 311, 313, and 314 
Summary by the Chair  on consultations undertaken,  
informal meeting held on 30 June 2021  ................................ .......................  JOB/SERV/309  
 
 
Council for Trade -Related A spects of Intellectual Property Rights in Special Session  
Multilateral system of notifications and registration of geographical indications  
for wines and spirits, Report s by the Chai r ................................ ................  TN/IP/29  and 30 
Oral report  by the Chair at the informal TNC and Heads of Delegati on meeting s  
held on 25 February  and 19 November 2021 ...............  WT/GC/M/190 , Annex 2  – JOB/TNC/90  
 
 
Dispute Settlement Body in Special Session  
Oral Report by the Chair at the informal TNC and informal Heads of Delegation meeting  
held on 23 July  2021  ................................ .... JOB/TNC/96 , Annex  – WT/GC/M/192 , Annex 1  
Oral report by the Chair at the  formal TNC and informal Heads  of Delegation meeting  
held on 19 November 2021  ................................ ................................ ..........  JOB/TNC/102  
Report by the Chair at the TNC meeting  held on 1 9 November 2021  ........................  TN/DS/32  
 
 
Negotiating Group on Market Access  
Oral report by the Chair at the formal TNC and informal Heads of Delegation meeting  
held on 19 November 2021  ................................ ................................ ..........  JOB/TNC/102  
Report by the Chair to t he TNC meeting  held on 19 November 2021  ........................  TN/MA/34  
 
 
Negotiating Group on Rules  
Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, Draft text and Addendum  .........  WT/MIN(21)/W/5  and Add.1  
Compilation  of FAO's capture production statistics  
pertaining to Members' share of the global volume  
of marine capture production  ................................ ................................ ..... RD/TN/RL/151  
Fisheries subsidies , Compilation of Members' textual suggestions  
concerning the revised draft text TN/RL/W/276/Rev.2  ................................ ... RD/TN/RL/153  
Fisheries subsidies,  Draft consolidated Chair text and  
Chair's explanatory note  ................................ ....................  TN/RL/W/276 , Add.1  and Corr.1  
Fisheries subsidies, Establishment of a WTO funding mechanism to finance technical assistance 
and capacity building in support of implementation of new WTO fisheries subsidies disciplines, 
Communication from the Chair of the TNC and the Chair of the Negotiating Group on Rules, 
Concept note  ................................ ................................ ................................ .... TN/C/21  
Fisheries subsidies, Report by the Chair to t he TNC meeting  
held on 19 November 2021  ................................ ................................ ...............  TN/RL /34 WT/BISD/202 1 
 
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 Fisheries subsidies, Revised draft Chair text and  Chair's explanatory note  ... TN/RL/W/276/Rev.1  
and Add.1 , and TN/RL/W/276/Rev.2  and Add.1  
Oral report by the Chair at the formal TNC and informal Heads of Delegation meeting  
held on 19 November 2021  ................................ ................................ ..........  JOB/TNC/102  
Oral report by the Chair at the informal TNC and Heads of Delegation meeting  
held on 25 February 2021  ................................ .........  WT/GC/M/190 , Annex 2  – JOB/TNC/90  
Oral Report by the Chair at the informal TNC and informal Heads of Delegation meeting  
held on 23 July 2021  ................................ .... JOB/TNC/96 , Annex – WT/GC/M/192 , Annex 1  
Oral report by the Chair at the informal TNC and Heads of Delegation meeting  
held on 30 September 2021  ...........................  JOB/TNC/98 , Annex – WT/GC/M/193 , Annex 2  
Report by the Chair at the i nformal Heads  of Delegation  meeting  
held on 25 October 2021  ................................ ..........................  JOB/GC/279  – JOB/TNC/99  
Report by the Chair at the Heads of Delegation meeting  
held on  2 December 2021  ................................ .......................  JOB/GC/288  – JOB/TNC/101  
Virtual fisheries minist erial TNC meeting , Minutes of the meeting  ...........................  TN/C/M/41  
Virtual fisheries ministerial TNC meeting , Modalities  ................................ ...........  JOB/TNC/92  
Virtual formal TNC meeting at ministerial level on fisheries subsidies, 15 July 2021,  
Opening  and closing  statement s by Dr. Ngozi Okonjo -Iweala, WTO Director -General  
and Chair of the TNC................................ ................................ ..........  JOB/TNC/94  and 95 
 
 
Committees under the Plurilateral Trade Agreements  
 
Committee  on Government Procurement  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ ........................  GPA/AR/4  
Minutes of the formal meeting s  
held o n 3 March, 2 June, and 16 July 2021  ................................ ........  GPA/M/82, 83, and 84 
Informal  closing session, 3 March and 2 June 2021, 
Chair's statement s (unofficia l room documents)  ................................ ... RD/GPA/115  and 119 
General Council, 7 -8 October 2021 , Item 12,  
Chairmanship of the Committee  on Government Procurement  ...............................  RD/GC/16  
Summaries of the informal plurilateral discussions  
(unofficial room documents)  ........................  RD/GPA/116 , 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, and 123 
Systematic  compilation of documents concerning individual  GPA accession processes , 
State -of-play as of 30 April and 22 October 2021,  
Notes by the Secretariat  ................................ ............................  GPA/S/1/Rev.2  and Rev.3  
Systematic  compilation of notifications under the  Agreement on Government Procurement , 
State -of-play as of 18 March and 21 October 2021 , 
Notes by the Secretariat  ................................ ................................ ...... GPA/S/3  and Rev.1  
 
 
Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft  
Annual report  (2021)  ................................ ................................ .........  TCA/18  – WT/L/1120  
Minutes  of the meeting held on 5 November 202 1 ................................ .................  TCA/M/38  
 
 WT/BISD/2021  
 
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 Other  
 
Fossil fuel subsidies  
Ministerial statement on fossil fuel subsidies, and revision  .................  WT/MIN(21)/9  and Rev.1  
 
 
Informal Dialogue on Plastic Pollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade  
MC12 Ministerial  statement on plastic pollution  
and environmentally sustainable plastics trade  ...................  WT/MIN(21)/8 , Rev.1  and Rev.2  
 
 
Informal Working Group on MSMEs  
Annual  report (202 1) ................................ ................................ ................  INF/MSME/R/30  
Summary  of discussions held on 26 February, 3 March, 4 May, 24 June, 26 July, 24 September , 
and 8 November 2021  .............................  INF/MSME/R/23 , 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and Corr.1   
December  2020 MSME package overview list  ................................  INF/MSME/W/35  and Corr.1  
Declaration  on micro, small and medium -sized enterprises  
(MSMEs)  ................................ ................................ ............  INF/MSME/4/Rev.1  and Rev.2  
Draft declaration on micro, small and medium -sized enterprises  
(MSMEs)  ................................ ..... INF/MSME/W/33 , and Rev.1 , Rev.2 , and Rev.3  and Corr.1  
Final draft declaration on micro, small and medium -sized enterprises  (MSMEs)  . INF/MSME/W/36  
Final draft declaration on micro, small and medium -sized enterprises (MSMEs)  .... WT/MIN(21)/1  
Informal  Working Group on MSMEs, Members of the Group  ........................  INF/MSME/2/Rev.5  
TRADE4MSMES  – Update  ................................ ................................ ..........  INF/MSME/ W/30  
 
 
Investment Facilitation for Development  
Summary by the Coordinator of discussions held on 25-26 January, 8 -9 March,  
19 and 23 April, 11 -12 May, 15 -16 June, 12 -13 July, 7 -8 September, 4 -5 October,  
and 2 -3 and 24 November 2021  ............  INF/IFD/R/20 , 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and 29 
Consolidated document by the Co ordinator – "Easter text" ,  
Revisions  and MC12  ................................ .......................  INF/IFD/RD/74 , and Rev.1 , Rev.2 ,  
Rev.3, Rev.4 , and Rev.5  and Corr.1  
Definitio n of 'authorization' – Summary of by the Coordination of the  
conceptual discussion on the concept of 'authorization' held at the  
plenary meeting on 8 -9 March 2021  ................................ ...........................  INF/IFD/RD/93  
Draft Joint Ministerial Statement on Investment Facilitation for Development  ....... INF/IFD/W/40  
Informal consolidated text, Revisions  .........................  INF/IFD/RD/50/Rev.7 , Rev.8 , and Rev.9  
Joint Statement on  Investment Facilitation for Development  ................................ .. WT/L/1130  
 
 
Joint Initiative on Services Domestic Regulation * 
Informal summaries by the Chair of meetings held on 4 February, 4 March,  
14 April, 10  May, 10  June, 20  July, 27 September, 25 October,  and 4, 12  
and 18 November 2021  .................  INF/SDR/R/18 , 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28 
Declaration on the conclusion of negotiations  
on Services Domestic Regulation  ................................ ......................  WT/L/1129  and Add.1  
Joint initiative on services domestic regulatio n, 
Schedules of specific commitments  ................................ ...................  INF/SDR/3  and Rev.1  
Overvie w of pre -finalization schedules of specific commitments , 
Note by the Chair  ................................ ................................ ......................  INF/SDR/W/7  
 
* All indicative draft schedules of relevant Members' specific commitments have been circulated in the 
INF/SDR/IDS/  series.  WT/BISD/202 1 
 
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 Preparation of pre -finalization schedules – practical suggestions , 
Note by the Chair  ................................ ................................ ......................  INF/SDR/W/6  
Reference paper on services domestic regulation, Note by the Chair  .......................  INF/SDR/1  
Reference paper on services do mestic regulation  ................................ ..................  INF/SDR/2  
Translatio n of the reference paper into French,  Note by the Chair  ..... INF/SDR/RD/11  and Rev.1  
Translation of the reference paper into Spanish , Note by the Chair  ..................  INF/SDR/RD/10  
 
 
Joint Statement on E -commerce  
Updated c onsolidated  negotiating  text – September 2021 .........................  INF/ECOM/62/Rev.2  
 
Trade and Environmental Sustainability Structured Discussions (TESSD)  
Ministerial statement on environmental sustainability ,  
and Revisions  ................................ ................................ . WT/MIN(21)/6 , Rev.1  and Rev.2  
 
 
Trade and Women's Economic Empowerment  
Joint Ministerial Declaration on the Advancement of Gender Equality and Women's Economic 
Empowerment within Trade, 12th WTO Ministerial Conference  .........  WT/MIN(21)/4  and Rev.1   
Progress report  on WTO Members  and observers technical work  on women's economic 
empowerment ................................ ................................ ............................  INF/TGE/R/1  
Proposal for a framework  to deliver an ambitious ministerial outcome on  trade and gender for 
MC12 and beyond , Elements to be considered by the informal Working Group on Trade and 
Gender , Communication f rom the co-chairs  
of the informal Working Group on Trade and Gender  ................................ ....... INF/TGE/W/3  
 
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